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LOCATION
Address: 70 Katonah Avenue
City: Katonah
State: New York
Zip Code: 10536
Nation: United States
STATUS
Type: Commercial
Status: Built; Demolished
TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1977
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Floors (Above Ground): 1
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PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: Ira Marcus (0000-0000)
Architect: Myron Goldfinger
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Katonah Station Restaurant
The project scope is to design a restaurant for Ira Marcus (0000-0000).
The original depot at Katonah was moved from its location in "Old Katonah" in 1897, prior to the flooding of the Croton River valley for the New Croton Reservoir, which is now a private residence in the village of Katonah. A second station was built in 1910 to replace it.
In 1954, New York Central closed the ticket agency in the Katonah station, and the building was later sold to private owners.
In 1977, owner Ira Marcus hires Myron Goldfinger to design a restaurant as part of a project to restore and reuse the building.
Goldfinger’s design turns the old baggage room into the main dining room. The utilitarian tongue-and-groove board walls are sandblasted to remove years of accumulated paint. The opening into the bar (formerly the wating room) is enlarged with an arched opening to echo the existing ceiling vaults and a lunette in the private dining room.
Because trains still stop at the functioning commuter station, it is a condition of the project that the building is open to passengers between 6 and 10 o’clock in the morning. During these hours, tables and chairs are removed from the private dining room and adjacent alcove and banquettes - which are fashioned from the old waiting room benches - resume their original purpose. After the commuter rush, restaurant staff return the banquette pillows and set up for lunch. A new door is added at the front of the building for restaurant clientele while passengers enter the waiting room at the back of the building.
The project is published in Architectural Record’s Record Interiors of 1979.
A small waiting room was maintained for passengers through 1984, when Metro-North opened a new station immediately north of the Jay Street crossing.
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DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings
DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings
PHOTOS - Project Model
PHOTOS - During Construction
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