268 Alexander Avenue

Mott Haven | built 1893

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1892

    Carl A. Millner designs a four-building apartment row for John Cotter

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    This building is one of four apartment houses on the east side of Alexander Avenue between 138th and 139th Streets, designed by Carl A. Millner for John Cotter at the same time as Cotter's larger corner building at 260-266 Alexander Avenue, built in 1892-1893. Each of the four housed nine families above a ground-floor store.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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