156 Sullivan Street

SoHo | built 1904

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1904
Dominick Abbate and Peitro Alvino build a six-story tenement at 156 Sullivan Street
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Bernstein & Bernstein designed this new-law tenement with stores, built in 1904 for Dominick Abbate and Peitro Alvino. It is dressed in Renaissance Revival detail, including quoined window openings on the third and fourth floors and a pressed-metal cornice with garlands. Abbate, who later headed the Citizens Investing Company, was one of the Italian immigrants who became developers of the Sullivan Street blocks.
“…built in 1904 for Dominick Abbate and Peitro Alvino. Elements which are characteristic of this style include piers with stylized capitals at the sixth story…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1953
Giuseppe Aiello opens Joe's Dairy at 156 Sullivan Street
Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello opened Joe's Dairy at 156 Sullivan Street in 1953. The Landmarks Preservation Commission names the shop among the notable Italian-American businesses of the Sullivan-Thompson district, where many such businesses were family-run.
“Joe's Dairy at 156 Sullivan Street, opened by Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello in 1953…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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