251 Bleecker Street
West Village | built 1829
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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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- 1927
Architect Vincent Cajano turns the attic of 251 Bleecker into a fourth story
The brick house at 251 Bleecker Street went up around 1829 for Charles Gilmore, and by the 1850s, like its neighbors, it held shops as well as homes. In 1927 architect Vincent M. Cajano took off the attic roof and capped the building with a flat one, creating a full fourth floor. Four years later George J. Casazza built up that fourth story, added the stepped brick parapet seen today, and extended the fire escape to the new level.
“In 1927, architect Vincent M. Cajano removed the attic roof and provided a new flat roof creating a fourth story.”
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