217 West Broadway
Tribeca | built 2005
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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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- 1955
Two Federal-era buildings on Chapel Street are merged into one restaurant at 217-219 West Broadway
Two brick buildings, probably built by the 1810s as 105 and 107 Chapel Street, stood on this lot. In 1955-56 they were joined into one building for a restaurant, with architect Louis A. Bellini working for Camar Realty Corp., and given a rock-faced stucco front. A metal canopy and a rooftop sculpture followed in the late 1980s. These were earlier buildings on the site.
- 1985
A replica of the Statue of Liberty's crown is fitted to the roof of El Internacional at 219 West Broadway
El Internacional, a tapas bar run by the artist Antoni Miralda and chef Montse Guillen from 1984 to 1986, occupied the former Teddy's restaurant here. At its Crowning Ceremony on July 15, 1985, a life-size replica of the statue's crown was set on the roof. The image of the crown later appeared in the opening sequence of Saturday Night Live. This was an earlier building on the site.
“…the roof of the building was fitted with a life size replica of the crown of the Statue of Liberty…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2004
The former El Internacional building is demolished for a seven-story apartment house despite a preservation campaign
After Miralda and Guillen withdrew from running the place in 1986, the restaurant became El Teddy's, serving Mexican food. In 2000 the developer Steven Elghanyan, of the firm Epic, purchased the property from Sal Cucinotta for close to $3 million. A long debate followed over stopping demolition, with support from the Landmarks Preservation Commission and neighbors, but the effort was lost and the building came down in 2004 to make way for a seven-story apartment building.
“…the restaurant was demolished to make way for a new 7-story apartment building in 2004…”
Source: Wikipedia
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