Casa Magazines

22 8th Avenue | also 293 West 12th Street, 291 1/2 West 12th Street | West Village | built 1840

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

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

1840
A pie-shaped house is built at West 12th Street for the builder Aaron Marsh
No. 22 Eighth Avenue, also entered as 293 West 12th Street, was built in 1840 for Aaron Marsh. Marsh lived nearby, on the site of 325 West Fourth Street, and was very active as a developer in this part of the Village in the 1840s. The three-story brick house fills a wedge-shaped lot where the avenue meets the street. Its stores were heavily remodeled in 1936, and small windows now stand where larger ones once sat at the apex.
“…built in 1840 for Aaron Marsh and is also entered at No. 293 West Twelfth Street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1995
Casa Magazines opens in the corner building with floor-to-ceiling periodicals
In 1995 Casa Magazines opened in the sharply angled corner building at West 12th Street, selling magazines from around the world. Owner Mohammed Ahmed packed more than 3,000 titles up to the ceiling, along with daily newspapers and basics like gum and batteries. Village Preservation noted that the New York Times had dubbed him the Last King of Print, and the shop drew customers from the arts, fashion and architecture.
Source: Village Preservation

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