25 Downing Street
West Village | built 1899
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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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- 1899
Charles Weinstein builds a fifteen-apartment Renaissance Revival tenement at 25 Downing Street
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Schneider & Herter designed 25 Downing Street in 1899 for owner Charles Weinstein, at a time when tenements were displacing the neighborhood's small single-family houses. It opened with 15 apartments and two basement stores, and the facade combines yellow brick, a stone base and terra-cotta ornament.
“…designed by the firm of Schneider & Herter in 1899 and constructed for owner Charles Weinstein ... Originally built with 15 apartments and two basement stores…”
- 1960
Owners modernize the 1899 tenement at 25 Downing Street with new baths, kitchens and central heat
In 1960 the apartments at 25 Downing Street got modern bathrooms and kitchens and central heating. One apartment was eliminated in the rearranging, and one of the two basement stores became a boiler room. In 1964 the last basement store was converted to an apartment.
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