In September of 1962 work began on the Gallery Apartments, the first of two residential buildings on St. Charles Avenue designed by architect Victor Bruno (see also: Sarpy Residence, 4101 St. Charles).
Bruno reserved the ground floor of the five story apartments building for parking and a "glass encased lobby." The upper four stories housed 26 apartments of approximately 990 SF each and one 2400 SF penthouse with roof garden.
Noted amenities included a swimming pool, patio, two elevators, and laundry room facilities on each floor. The apartment building also featured private side-galleries and a sculptural concrete sun screen.
[Times-Picayune, 8-26-1962; photo: F. Stock, Tulane School of Architecture New Orleans Virtual Archive]
Showing posts with label apartment building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apartment building. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Abe Wiener Apartments (1950)
Architect Bernard J. Aronson (TSA '40), a native of New Orleans, designed two apartment buildings on St. Charles Avenue.
The first was a terraced complex of four luxury apartments for Abe Wiener at St. Charles and Valmont. The varied floor plans and massing of the units distinguish this complex from other apartment buildings along the Avenue. The four units open onto central patios and terraces paved with quarry tile.
In 1958 Aronson designed the Cabana Club Apartments at St. Charles and Conery.
[photo: F. Stock, TSA NOVA]
The first was a terraced complex of four luxury apartments for Abe Wiener at St. Charles and Valmont. The varied floor plans and massing of the units distinguish this complex from other apartment buildings along the Avenue. The four units open onto central patios and terraces paved with quarry tile.
In 1958 Aronson designed the Cabana Club Apartments at St. Charles and Conery.
[photo: F. Stock, TSA NOVA]
Saturday, February 12, 2011
'Garden Apartments' (1939)
New Orleans Architecture, vol. VII: Jefferson City notes an "influence of European modernism" in the design of architect Albert Theard's 'garden apartments' on St. Charles Avenue at Milan.
"The corner windows indicate an interior framework that renders the exterior a 'skin.' A few scant Art Deco details ornament the windows. The site arrangement around a garden is designed as departure from the more monolithic high-rise apartment type."
The brick facade has been painted light pink for at least two decades.
[Friends of the Cabildo, New Orleans Architecture vol. VII, p. 161, photo: Francine Stock]
"The corner windows indicate an interior framework that renders the exterior a 'skin.' A few scant Art Deco details ornament the windows. The site arrangement around a garden is designed as departure from the more monolithic high-rise apartment type."
The brick facade has been painted light pink for at least two decades.
[Friends of the Cabildo, New Orleans Architecture vol. VII, p. 161, photo: Francine Stock]
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