18 East 17th Street
Union Square | built 1898
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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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- 1898
George W. Levy, owner of 18 East 17th Street, builds a loft with publishers and perfume wholesalers as tenants
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The firm Israels & Harder designed this white-brick loft building in 1897-98 for George W. Levy, who also owned the building next door at no. 20. Typical tenants were publishers, perfume wholesalers and an art goods merchant. Before it was built, a four-story dwelling with a basement occupied the lot.
“…constructed in 1897-98 for owner George W. Levy, also the owner of neighboring and stylistically compatible 20 East 17th Street…”
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