29 Bedford Street

also 34 Downing Street | West Village | built 1888

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

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1888
Martin Ferdon designs a Queen Anne tenement for twelve families at Downing and Bedford
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Architect Martin V. B. Ferdon designed this corner building in 1888 in the Queen Anne style, with stores on the ground floor and twelve apartments above. Its owners were Alexander Walker and Martha Lawson. The Pellegrino family took it over in 1921 and held it until 1948.
“…designed by Martin V. B. Ferdon in 1888 and constructed as a 12-family tenement with commercial ground floor for owners Alexander Walker and Martha Lawson…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1961
Ferdinand Innocenti reduces the ground-floor stores from three to two
In 1961-62 architect Ferdinand Innocenti reconfigured the ground story of 29 Bedford (34 Downing Street), cutting the stores from three to two, and remodeled the apartment entrance. The storefronts have been altered since, most of all the corner one.
“In 1961-62, architect Ferdinand Innocenti reconfigured the first story into two stores, instead of three, and remodeled the apartment entrance.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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