Showing posts with label Tompkins Square Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tompkins Square Park. Show all posts
Friday, July 9, 2021

The James Scott Aspinwall House -- 299 East 10th Street

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Architect and builder Joseph Trench was highly active along the block of East Tenth Street facing Tompkins Square in the 1840's, almost ...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

The Levi Shulman House - 319 East 10th Street

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  In 1847 investor Runyon W. Martin began construction of two mirror-image Greek Revival residences at Nos. 317 and 319 East 10th Street.  T...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Catholic Girls and White Russians -- 315 East 10th Street

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Around 1847 builder James C. Whitlock and Franklin Baylies began construction on four Greek Revival houses on East 10th Street facing the ne...
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Friday, January 29, 2021

An 1883 Remodeling - 317 East 10th Street

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The floor-to-ceiling parlor windows were possibly fronted by cast iron balconies.   In 1847 investor Runyon W. Martin began construction on ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The "Charlie Parker House" - 151 Avenue B

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  Around 1849 or 1850 the three-story and basement house at No. 151 Avenue B was completed.  What set it apart from the similar Italianate s...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Calvert Vaux's "Tompkins Square Boys' Lodging House" -- No. 295 E. 8th Street

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photo by Alice Lum In the middle of the 19 th century, orphans and the children of criminals and alcoholics roamed the street of New Yor...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Arnold Brunner's 1905 11th Street Public Baths -- 538 East 11th Street

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Water-themed designs like porpoises surrounding the cartouches and Neptune's tridents decorate the facade -- photo by Alice Lum As th...
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