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Showing posts with label thompson street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thompson street. Show all posts
Friday, August 22, 2025

The 1886 St. Anthony of Padua Friary - 149-153 Thompson Street

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The Italian-language parish of St. Anthony of Padua was established in 1866 by Franciscan priests, originally sharing the Free Congregationa...
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Monday, December 16, 2024

The Lost Helmcke & Von Glahn Grocery - 182 Spring Street

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  image via the Landmarks Preservation Commission Around 1824, three three-and-a-half story houses were erected at the southwest corner of T...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

From Lodging House to Sushi - 113 Thompson St

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Erected in 1833, the Second Associate Presbyterian Church sat at the corner of Prince and Thompson Streets.  The congregation sold an u...
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..
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