130 10th Avenue

also 463 West 18th Street, 461 West 18th Street | Chelsea | built 1910

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1885
Twin carriage houses rise near the Hudson River piers
Two brick structures go up on this corner in the 1880s, when West Chelsea is still a rough, working-class district by the docks. No. 463 serves as a two-story stable with decorative brick dentil molding and arched hayloft windows, while No. 461 operates as a small shop with living quarters above.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1938
Berenice Abbott photographs the stable-turned-bar and junk shop
For her "Changing New York" project, photographer Berenice Abbott captures the two former carriage houses: No. 463, once a stable, now holds a bar and restaurant attached to a corner liquor store, while No. 461 has become a junk shop with curtained windows. Both storefronts by then cater to sailors and laborers from the waterfront just blocks away.
Source: Ephemeral New York
1988
La Lunchonette opens in the former stable
The French restaurant La Lunchonette opens on the ground floor of No. 463, the one-time stable, bringing a new use to the building as the surrounding waterfront empties out with the decline of Chelsea's industry and docks.
Source: Ephemeral New York
2017
Rising rents push out La Lunchonette as Chelsea gentrifies
With the High Line drawing high-end shops and restaurants to the neighborhood, rents climb and the longtime French restaurant La Lunchonette closes in the former stable at No. 463, a marker of the waterfront district's shift from industrial to upscale.
Source: Ephemeral New York

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