Showing posts with label Cord Meyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cord Meyer. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2009

Answers!



About a year ago someone asked about Ketcham and Layton Streets and if they ever passed through Vietor Avenue before all the apartment buildings were built. Well after a year of looking and getting a very nice 1893 ward map off of Ebay I can say...... NO
It looks like both sides of Vietor ave were sold as small lots before Cord Meyer came in and laid out Layton, Ketcham and Judge etc. (originally First Street, Second Street, Third Street). The rectangle formed by Broadway, Elmhurst Ave, Judge Street and Whitney Avenue was a single parcel of land with the Samuel Lord Estate on it, and was aquired later. This let Cord Meyer continue his Diagonal grid.



The Lord Estate from the NYPL Digital Archive.

Just search "Elmhurst"

Saturday, January 12, 2008

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Page 17 / Sole survivor





Out of all the buildings in the Cord Meyer booklet only one survives! Hampton Street and 43 Avenue. That might not be the case for long as I have seen the property for sale for 1.8 million. The lot it sits on is quite large so I don't think anyone will be buying it to restore.

Current photo: Ted Chang
Street shot: Vincent Seyfried's "Elmhurst from town seat to mega suburb"

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Vietor Avenue again.

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Sunday, January 6, 2008

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I know from a labelled postcard and from cross referencing with queenspix.com that this is probably the South West corner of Vietor Avenue where it meets Judge street (then 3rd street)

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Friday, January 4, 2008

Page 2


Here is page two.

Here it comes!



You have seen the cover, now here are page 1 and 2. Compare this sales pitch to what brought you to Elmhurst.

Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year!




This is the front and rear cover of a Cord Meyer booklet extolling the virtues of Elmhurst. I will be posting the rest in 2008, but wanted one final post in 2007.