143 Avenue D 1827
143 Avenue D 1827
143 Avenue D 1827
139-141 Avenue D was built in 1893 by Buchman & Deisler for Lichtenstein Bros. & Co. as a cigar factory. For a time in the mid-1800s, Lichtenstein was the largest cigar manufacturer in the United States. The 6-story tall and 6-bay wide building was designed in the Romanesque Revival Style. The contrast between the red brick and the white stone coupled with the deeply recessed round-arched windows are indicative of this style. The windows on the third through fifth floors are grouped into two symmetrical groups with a continuing stone sill and lintel unifying them. The sixth floor features eight arched windows with arched brick-detailed window lintels and a continuous stone sill across all eight openings. The facade is further detail by the brick designs that articulate each floor. In the early part of the 20th century, the buildings was occupied by the Wheatsworth Bakery before they built their new factory building at 436-446 East 10th Street.
1842, Mansard added later Political Row
363 E. 7 th (C/D) ca. 1850 Political Row
258-270 East 7 th Street 1842-3 Political Row
258-270 East 6 th Street 1842-3 Political Row
345 East 4th Street Block : 374 Lot #47 Currently the San Isidoro y San Leandro Orthodox Catholic Church of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite this unique building was constructed in 1891 for $10,000 for the Slovak and Hungarian Catholic church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary under the direction of the Rev. Francis Janushek and designed by architect Edward Wenz. In 1915 the rear of the building was extended. By the 1930 s the church had become the home of the Carpathian Russian Orthodox Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity and then was the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas. Through these changes the building has retained most of its original features including its Gothic styling in a tenement form with pointed arch windows with trefoil elements. Building Date : 1891 / Original Owner : Reverend Francis Janurchek / Original Use : Institutional / Original Architect : Edward Wentz
347 East 4th Street Block : 374 Lot #46
285 & 287 East 3rd Street Block : 373 Lot #63 No. 287 is the sister building of No. 285 next door. These buildings are two highly intact Greek Revival rowhouses dating from 1837, built on land originally owned by the prominent Fish family. The only houses ever to stand on their lots, both have miraculously survived 174 years of neighborhood change and exist today in excellent physical condition. Tax assessment records indicate that No. 285 was constructed by Charles Dodge, a ship carver for many years. By 1930 the homes were still occupied by multiple families but most were Jewish Austrians and Hungarians, reflecting the transformation of the neighborhood from Kleindeutschland to the Jewish Lower East Side.
626-640 E 14 th Street (B/C) 1890 George Frederick Pelham
607 East 11th Street (B/C) Block : 394 Lot #65 1887 Architect Julius Kastner Queen Anne Style New Law Tenement
SE corner, 11 th & B Looking north on Avenue B from 10 th Street Tompkins Sq East landmark eligible in EV/LES rezoning EIS
enue B looking south from 10 th Street (l.); 10 th Street looking east from east of Avenu
Avenue B north of 8 th Street; Christadora House (1929) left, former Children s Aid Society Tomkins Sq Lodging House for Boys and Indstrial School (1886), Vaux and Radford
South side of 9 th Street east of Avenue B
614-620 East 9 th Street (B/C)
(l.) South side of 9 th Street looking west to Avenue B; (r.) St. Brigid s Church (prerenovation/restoration), 1848
187 East 7th Street Block : 390 Lot #64 1847
299 East 8th Street (B/C) Block : 391 Lot #59 1902, George F. Pelham
195, 197 E 7 th Street (B/C) 1847 1898 (Charles Rentz)
151 Avenue C (10/9) Block : 392 Lot #35 1894 Original Owner : Nathan Straus Architect : John B.Snook Snook, who designed a variety of churches, hotels, warehouses and tenements, was selected by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1869 to design the first Grand Central Depot. He also designed the Vanderbilt twin mansions on Fifth Avenue in 1878. The building was designed for Macy s co-owner and philanthropist, Nathan Straus to use as a Sterilized Milk Plant and Laboratory. From this building, he began testing the new concept of pasteurization and the possibility that the unhealthy, diseased milk could be converted into bacteria free, healthy milk. When the lab opened, around 34,000 bottles a day were distributed mostly within the neighborhood, but by 1905 when Straus bought land further uptown to expand the operation, they were producing 3 million bottles a day for distribution throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. In 1908 the plant moved to the new building.
621-637 E 6 th (B/C) 1877 Old Law Tenements built by David Jones after the destruction by fire of his brewery on this site Architect: Peter Tostevin
630, 636, 638 East 6 th Street (B/C) 630-634: Children s Aid Society 1889 Calvert Vaux and Radford; construction funded by Cornelius Vanderbilt s granddaughter 636: 1889, George Kent Radford Originally a Moravian Chapel, the building also served as a German Church and a synagogue at one time. Based on alteration permits from 1909, it appears that the front of the building underwent significant changes. The brickwork, likely from the period of the 1909 alteration, is set into an intricate textural pattern at the third floor mezzanine and terra cotta tiles cover the window openings. 638: pre-1869, architect unknown A decade later, the building was converted into a synagogue for the Congregation Ahawath Yeshurun Shara Torah. In 1900 in addition to other renovations, ritual baths were built in the basement. The building was used as a synagogue until the 1970 s when the 6th Street Block Association which would become the 6th Street Community Center began to use the building. Some architectural features pointing to its past have been retained, including a Hebrew Inscription over the entry door. - See more at: http://www.gvshp.org/buildingblocks/building/638-east-6thstreet/#sthash.nzi9m52p.dpuf
300 East 4th Street; 49-51 Avenue C Block : 386 Lot #36 1888
236 East 3rd Street Block : 385 Lot #23 Building Date : 1877 Original Use : Residential/Commercial Original Owner : Ludwig Muller Original Architect : John M. Forster The five-story Old Law Tenement building at 236 East 3 rd Street was constructed in 1877 with stores on the ground floor and apartments above. The building is brick with a galvanized iron cornice that survives today. At the time of construction, there was a four-story brick building in the rear housing 8 families, but it was removed in 1942 after having been vacant for nearly a decade. Since 1980, the first floor of the building has been home to The Nuyorican Poets Café, a poetry house and cultural hub for writers in the East Village. The upper floors of the building are vacant.
21 Avenue C Block : 385 Lot #38 Building Date : 1899 Original Use : Residential/Commercial Original Owner : Mess Nuberg Brothers Original Architect : Michael Bernstein No. 21 Avenue C was built in 1899 by architect Michael Bernstein. The six-story Old Law Tenement has retail on the first floor and cellar with apartments above. The façade is decorated with painted umbrellas and the building is known as the Umbrella House. In 1980, squatters moved into the building, and found very leaky roof. They used umbrellas inside the building to stay dry and before long, renovated the entire abandoned, city-owned building. In 1995, they faced eviction by the City of New York. The residents fought back, insisting they had the right to remain in the building under the principle of adverse possession, took the city to court, and in a landmark case, won. In 2002, a partnership was formed between the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board and the residents, in which the building was brought up to code and sold to the residents who had lived there for so long. The building remains a low-income housing cooperative today. In honor of its indoor-umbrella days, the building now has a facade display of $3 black umbrellas painted in various colors and designs.
214 East 2nd Street (B/C) Building Date : 1907 Original Use : Residential/Commercial Original Owner : Solomon Henig Architect : Herman Horenburger This building, known as Henington Hall, was constructed in 1907 by architect Herman Horenburger. Originally, a large hall on the first floor was used as an auction room, a gymnasium, a meeting room and a synagogue on Saturdays and holidays. The building has been used in many different ways over the years: in 1960, it held artist studios on the fourth and fifth floors and a plaster model and machine shop on the third floor. Since 1974, it has also been home to the Kenkelaba Gallery, which houses the work of African-American artists as well as historic artifacts related to African- American history. About 25 artists can also rent studio space here. In addition to this building, the gallery showcases artists pieces in the adjoining sculpture garden at 212 East 2nd Street.