NEB&W Guide to Green Island, NY - Paine Street Houses Between Manning Paper & Eagle Foundry

Last Update: 2009-06-10

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Overview

• There were two full blocks of houses between Manning Paper and Eagle Foundry. (We only have room to model a few of these - our space is just under a real foot or about 85 scale feet long.)
  • [Sanborn map, c. 1951. Block to the north.]
  • [Sanborn map, c. 1951. Block to the south. This is the block we are concentrating on.]
  • [Prototype view looking north c. 1978, from the second house, no. 39.]
  • [Prototype view looking north c. 2004, same angle.]
  • [A composite of all the fronts, March '09.]
  Since we have room for so few, we probably will model the first house, with the enclosed two-story porch, the 1-1/2 story Gothic house, the brick house with flat roof, and the brick house with the brackets.
  • [Mockups of the four chosen buildings, all a tad condensed, as of May '09. (And it's looking like the fourth house, on the far right, might also get the axe so the houses aren't so cramped.)]

Rear Views

• Don't have a rear photo of each individual building.
  • [Rear view, c. 1973. Photo by Tony Steele. (I'm thinking this was the north block, because to the right on the photo, it looks like they are clearing out everything so they can put in the Rt. 7 overpass.)]
  • [Another view, c. 1973. Photo by Tony Steele.]
  • [Backs from no. 43 north c. 1978.]

No. 39

• This house and the one to the left, nos. 39 and 41, are both typical two-story three-windows across worker-type housing, also seen in south Troy and in Cohoes. This house measures about 22 feet wide, according to the Sanborn map.
  • [Broadside view of this front, March '09.]
  We probably won't be modeling these two, nos. 39 and 41.

No. 41

• This house and the one to the right, nos. 39 and 41, are both typical two-story three-windows across worker-type housing, also seen in south Troy and in Cohoes. This house measures about 23 feet wide, according to the Sanborn map.
  • [Broadside view of this front, March '09.]
  We probably won't be modeling these two, nos. 39 and 41.

No. 47

• This two story has also has an enclosed two story porch like the first one. We probably won't be modeling this. This house measures about 23 feet wide, according to the Sanborn map.
  • [Prototype view c. 2004 of nos. 45, 47, and 49.]
  • [Broadside view of this front, March '09.]

No. 49

• This brick house has a lot of brackets. It is unique to see a bracket rest on the lintel of a window, which suggests these were an afterthough. This house measures about 21 feet wide, according to the Sanborn map.
  • [Prototype view c. 2004 of nos. 45, 47, and 49.]
  • [Broadside view of this front, March '09.]
  We probably will be modeling this but it is getting iffy, as this will be the one to go if we feel we don't have enough room.
  • [Mockups of the four chosen buildings, all a tad condensed and very cramped, as of May '09.]

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