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187 Hester Street | Little Italy | built 1900

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1850

   A five-story Italianate tenement with a four-story rear building stands at 187 Hester Street

   The National Register nomination for the Chinatown and Little Italy district describes 187 Hester Street as a mid-nineteenth-century brick tenement, five stories tall and four bays wide, with a bracketed cornice and flat lintels. A four-story tenement stands behind it.

   “187 Hester Tenements (front & rear). Five-story, four-bay brick tenement with flat lintels and bracketed cornice. Four-story rear tenement. mid 19C ITALIANATE…”

   Source: National Register nomination

2. 2021

   187 Hester Street is painted in the red, green and white of the Italian flag

   Forgotten New York noted in 2021 that 187 and 189 Hester Street, just east of Mulberry, are both painted in the red, green and white of the Italian flag. The article adds that lampposts are often painted in those colors in heavily Italian parts of the city.

   Source: Forgotten New York

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