140 West 4th Street

Greenwich Village | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1901

    Michael Bernstein designs a six-story tenement with stores for Paley & Lapin at 140 West 4th Street

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    In 1901 the owners Paley & Lapin had Michael Bernstein design this Renaissance Revival tenement with commercial space at street level. It is one of a pair of tenements with stores that Bernstein designed on the block, the other being 142-144 West 4th Street. The building has a stoop, a round-arched entrance and a three-story arcade of brick and terra cotta.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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