Showing posts with label leonard street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leonard street. Show all posts
Saturday, March 9, 2024

The 1861 Nos. 79-81 Leonard Street

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  In 1859 William C. Walker and Marion Penman demolished the two story buildings at 79 and 81 Leonard Street (likely converted former reside...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

The 1866 75-77 Leonard Street

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  On January 3, 1863, a "Mr. Alger" began construction of a commercial building on the site of two vintage houses at 75 and 77 Leo...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Fred'k Vietor & Achelis Building - 247-249 Church Street

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Although Jarvis Slade was primarily a dry goods merchant, he recognized the potential in real estate.  In 1865, as the Tribeca neighborhood ...
Friday, October 20, 2023

The 1882 Minot, Hooper & Co. Building - 51-53 Leonard Street

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  On January 29, 1881, The Real Estate Record reported that the opening of the Franklin Street elevated train station had led to increased r...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

The Marble-Faced 1862 80-82 Leonard Street

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The firm of Brown Brothers & Co. was founded in 1818, a branch of a British banking house.  In his 1862 The Old Merchants of New York Ci...
Monday, October 23, 2017

The Lost White Conduit House - Broadway and Leonard Street

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When Abraham Hosier created this charming water color in 1782, the Tribeca neighborhood was mostly rural.  For some reason only the rea...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Horses, Heartbreak, and Bootleg Whiskey -- No. 17 Leonard Street

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By 2013 the building was "teetering on collapse." In the first decades of the 19 th century the Leonard Street block b...
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