273 Church Street

Tribeca | built 1866

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

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1866
Meyer Rosenthal and Betsy Levi build 273 Church Street, a four-story store and loft with an identical twin at No. 279
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In 1866 Meyer Rosenthal and Betsy Levi had a four-story, brick-faced store and loft building put up here, replacing a small frame dwelling and a masonry building at the back of the lot. They built an identical twin at No. 279 at the same time. Soon after this one was completed, they sold it to Morris Poznanski and Henry Goldsmith.
“It was constructed in 1866 for Meyer Rosenthal and Betsy Levi.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1946
A 1946 alteration removes the cast-iron storefront that a 1932 photograph recorded
Alterations in 1946 removed the first-story cast-iron storefront, which a 1932 photograph shows still in place, with a large display window and two entrances fitted with paired doors under transoms. The cornice is gone too. Over the years the upper stories were mostly used as salesrooms and showrooms, while the ground floor, first built as a store, later went to restaurants.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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