J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building is a historic commercial building in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in the Art Deco style. It is three bays by six bays and features a metal-framed windows with stepped pylon motif rising through all four floors. They are of cast aluminum with geometric designs. It was built to house a franchise of the J. Kurtz and Sons furniture store, founded by Jacob Kurtz in 1870. See also: Jamaica Avenue, Queens (Forgotten New York) Read more on Wikipedia
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