It is noteworthy that the most prestigious address on the Grand Concourse became a Park Ave.-type building was classically detailed with no relation to Art Deco design. Built in 1923, it was named after a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the tenant list was heavy on physicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning David Halberstam was son of one of those physicians. Designed by Edward Raldiris, it was 13 stories from the back entrance on Walton Ave.
That's where my mom grew up and where I visited my grandparents many times. It's actually 13 floors from the Concourse and 17 or so from Walton Ave. The lower floors that don't reach the Concourse because of the hill are or were numbered W1, W2, etc.
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