Early Sunnyside Gardens Photos

These are early pictures of the Sunnyside Gardens; note no shrubbery or heavy planting. Constructed from 1924 to 1929, Sunnyside Gardens. The residential area has brick row houses of two and a half stories, with front and rear gardens and a landscaped central court shared by all. This model allowed for denser residential development, while also providing ample open/green-space amenities. Clarence Stein and Henry Wright served as the architects and planners for this development and the landscape architect was Marjorie Sewell Cautley. These well-planned garden homes are now listed as a historic district and are also home to one of only two private parks in New York City.

(This photograph was donated by Joanne Billharz -Circa 1924)