Granada Towers is a historic apartment building located at

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. It was designed in 1929 in the

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style. It consists of three connected towers, each seven stories tall. It is built of orange-brown brick with

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and stucco trim. The entry has terra cotta pilasters, with spindle shafts and composite capitals. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1984.

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Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Residential buildings completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Nassau County, New York Long Beach, New York National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead (town), New York {{NassauCountyNY-NRHP-stub