158 Grand Street

also 233 Centre Street, 227 Centre Street, 229 Centre Street | Little Italy | built 1924

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

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1923
The Cengrand Realty Company replaces older buildings with an Art Deco store and lofts
In 1923-24 the Cengrand Realty Co. had architect David S. Lang design a two-story Art Deco brick building at Grand and Centre Streets, replacing a number of earlier brick buildings. It went up while SoHo was in decline as a commercial district, with many abandonments and tear-downs. Its variegated brickwork and angular decoration are typical of modest commercial buildings of the period.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1923
Architect David S. Lang, three years into his own firm, designs 158-162 Grand Street
David S. Lang (1885-1940) graduated from Cooper Union in 1910 and opened his own firm in 1920, three years before this building. His works included the Radcliffe Apartments in Washington Heights, movie theaters near Times Square and Jack Dempsey's Restaurant in the Brill Building. He went on to design mostly small commercial buildings, gas stations and garages.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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