Vesuvio Bakery building
118 Thompson Street | also 120 Thompson Street, 160 Prince Street | SoHo | built 1904
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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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- 1950
Tony Dapolito of Vesuvio Bakery joins Community Board 2 and serves 52 years, fighting the Lower Manhattan Expressway
Anthony Dapolito, son of the bakery's founders, ran Vesuvio until 2002. He joined Community Board 2 in 1950, was elected its chairperson 12 times, and served for 52 years. He was a leading activist against Robert Moses's plans for a Lower Manhattan Expressway. After his death in 2003, the city named a Seventh Avenue South recreation center for him.
Source: Village Preservation
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