136 East 55th Street
also 647 Lexington Avenue, 645 Lexington Avenue, 649 Lexington Avenue | East Midtown | built 1957
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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.
- 1948
A Russian restaurant leaves an earlier building at 645 Lexington Avenue in 1948
Before the current building rose here in 1957, Tarwid's Russian Bear stood at 645 Lexington Avenue and advertised itself as America's oldest Russian restaurant. Real-estate records show it relocated to Lexington Avenue and 57th Street in 1948, then moved to 39th Street in 1952.
Source: Ephemeral New York
- 2015
A hidden Record Centre sign appears behind a Starbucks sign
When the Starbucks at 655 Lexington Avenue closed for a renovation in 2015, its store sign came down and revealed an old sign for The Record Centre. The Record Centre appears to have been a small chain of four Manhattan record stores, including two in the West Village.
Source: Ephemeral New York
Further reading
- Behind the Starbucks sign on Lexington AvenueEphemeral New York
- Cocktail time at an old 1940s Russian restaurantEphemeral New York
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