Images of forty-five buildings in Kensington-Ocean Parkway and twenty-four in Windsor Terrace--including their real estate advertising brochures, floor plans, price lists, building interiors and exteriors, and lists of special features--are displayed in Columbia University's New York Real Estate Brochure Collection.
The collection documents the development of New York City's residential and commercial real estate from the 1920s to the 1970s. Most of the brochures are for apartment and other residential spaces. They provide a fascinating look back at what was considered "modern" living, such as electric laundry, automated elevators, concealed radiation (radiators concealed by metal covers), and a master aerial system for long and short wave reception.
