14 Bedford Street
West Village | built 1903
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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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- 1830
Two masonry houses from about 1830 stand here before the 1903 apartment building
Two masonry houses built around 1830, when this block of Bedford Street was first being developed, stood on the lot at 14-16 Bedford Street. They were replaced in 1903 by a six-story tenement designed for 22 families. It was built during a period when the area was drawing many new immigrant and working-class households.
- 1903
The Bachrach brothers buy two small houses and commission a six-story flat
On February 6, 1903, William and Julius Bachrach, partners in a real estate firm at 35 Nassau Street, bought the two small buildings at 14 and 16 Bedford Street. By the end of the year Bernstein & Bernstein had filed plans for a six-story brick flat. The brothers leased the finished building in November 1905 and sold it within eight months.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1905
Bernstein & Bernstein give the flats a white-marble foyer and shops in the cast-iron base
The apartment house centers its entrance between two retail spaces in a cast-iron base, an arrangement that brought the owners extra income and, in theory, helped keep rents down. The foyer was paneled in white marble to show that this was no tenement. Above, five stories of red brick with limestone trim, carved keystones and a pressed-metal cornice show Beaux Arts influence, and the original oak entrance doors survive.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1911
A teenage tenant drowns in the Harlem River after a friend's rescue attempt
In July 1911, sixteen-year-old Anthony Fusch, who lived at 14-16 Bedford Street, swam in the Harlem River with Robert Antenucci and other boys. Fusch was seized by cramps and went under. Antenucci dove repeatedly trying to save him until exhausted, and boys who fetched help from a nearby boathouse saved Antenucci but arrived too late for Fusch.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1918
A resident's son, Private Florian Figoli, is listed missing in action in the First World War
The Figoli family lived here when son Florian enlisted in the U.S. Army and joined the American Expeditionary Forces. On October 8, 1918, The Sun listed Private Figoli as missing in action. About six months later the New York Tribune reported that he had been declared killed in action.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The Beaux Arts 1905 Flats at Nos. 14-16 Bedford StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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