Russ Togs Building

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Address: 27-09 49th Avenue
Neighborhood: Long Island City
Architect:  Levien, Robert E.
Year: 1965
Current Status: Extant
Award:  Bronze Plaque for Industrial
Typology:  Industrial Building

The Russ Togs building is a large blank building, its facade of blocks of tan brickface intersected at regular intervals by narrow vertical lines of dark windows. There is a central core differentiated by a slightly higher facade wall, dark grey brickface, and a wall of windows above the entrance. The structure housed a prominent clothing manufacturer, well known and expanding when this facility was built, but bankrupt by 1991. The layout of three floors with 20 foot ceilings and 70,000 square feet was directly for the needs of the company’s line of business. Today the structure houses a cosmetic manufacturer.