Blue Ribbon Sushi building

119 Sullivan Street | SoHo | built 1894

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1. 1890

   George F. Pelham, architect of 119 Sullivan Street, opens his own office in 1890

   George Frederick Pelham, who designed 117 and 119 Sullivan Street, was born in Ottawa and came to New York as a child. His father had opened an architectural practice in the city in 1875. After years as a draftsman he set up his own firm in 1890 and practiced for 43 years, specializing in apartment houses in Renaissance, Gothic and Federal Revival styles.

   “George Frederick Pelham was born in Ottawa, Canada, and brought to New York as a child.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1894

   The 1894 tenement at 119 Sullivan Street keeps its central stoop and arched doorway

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   Number 119 is the better preserved half of a pair designed by George Pelham in 1894 for Joseph Buttenweiser. Its original arched entrance, with narrow wood-paneled double doors, survives within a brownstone surround. The building keeps its original layout of a central stoop flanked by two projecting basement storefronts, though those shopfronts have since been heavily altered.

   “119 Sullivan Street retains its original elongated residential entrance within a brownstone surround. The narrow, wood-paneled, double doors of the entrance…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1995

   Blue Ribbon Sushi opens in the basement storefronts of 119 Sullivan Street

   The Landmarks Preservation Commission's district report says the building's present storefronts are believed to date to 1995, when Blue Ribbon Sushi opened at this address. The wooden bays have a Japanese-influenced design, and a band of light gray stone surrounds them. The report observes that the gray stone clashes with the materials of the upper stories.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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