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The Astral Apartments is a historic apartment building located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The Astral was built in 1885–1886 as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works. It is a massive brick and terra cotta building in the Queen Anne style. It features a central projecting section with a deep, three story high round arch recess.〔 ''See also:'' 〕 The roof features inward-looking decorative gargoyles. Originally, a branch of the Pratt Institute Free Library operated from the ground floor of the Astral.〔Ostrander, Stephen M. (1894). (''A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County'', Volume II ). Brooklyn, NY: Subscription. 〕 The building was designed to echo red-brick apartments built for workers by George Peabody in London.〔 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982〔 and designated a City Landmark in 1983. ==In popular culture== The building is the fictional setting for Kate Christensen's 2011 novel ''The Astral''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Astral Apartments」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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