117 Christopher Street
West Village | built 1899
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1899
Michael Bernstein builds twin six-story apartment houses at 117 and 119 Christopher Street
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Jackson & Stein commissioned Michael Bernstein to design a matching pair of six-story apartment houses, finished in 1899 with stores at street level. Each has its own entrance but they share a uniform facade, with Romanesque Revival arches above the fifth floor. The second-floor windows, with console-style keystones, show the newer classical taste of the period.
“These two apartment houses, six stories in height, are identical and present a uniform facade to the street even though they have separate entrances.”
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- Then & Now photos: 117 Christopher StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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