136 Perry Street

also 132 Perry Street | West Village | built 1915

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

  1. 1923

    Seeman Brothers buy two neighboring houses and enlarge their garage

    At an auction in 1923, Seeman Brothers acquired the dwellings at 136 and 138 Perry Street, next to their garage at 132-134. Architects Robert D. Kohn and Frank E. Vitolo then designed an addition that also put an extra story on the existing building, completed in 1923-24.

    “Seeman Brothers acquired the adjacent dwellings at Nos. 136 and 138 Perry Street at auction in 1923.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1978

    A Rolls-Royce limousine service and vintage car dealer take over the garage

    Elliot Cukor's company owned the building from 1977 to 1999. Cooper Rolls-Royce Limousine Service operated here in 1976, and from 1978 until the sale Cooper Classics sold and restored vintage automobiles on Perry Street.

    “Cooper Rolls-Royce Limousine Service (Elliot Cukor) (1976); Cooper Classics (Elliot Cukor), vintage automobile sales and restoration (1978-99)…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 2000

    An eleven-story apartment tower rises above the historic garage facade

    In 2000-02 Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects built an eleven-story apartment building on the site for 132 Perry LLC. The architects kept the two-story 1914-15 and 1923-24 garage front, somewhat altered, and set the new brick residential tower back above it with glass-and-brick rooftop additions.

    “In 2000-02, an 11-story apartment building was constructed on this site to the design of Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects, P.C.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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