300 East 14th Street
also 228 2nd Avenue | East Village | built 1920
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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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- 1910
Sommerfeld & Steckler design a seven-story building for L. Minsky
Architects Sommerfeld & Steckler completed a seven-story building at 228 Second Avenue and East 14th Street in 1910 for owner L. Minsky. In 1928 Theodora Kikolaous sold it to Arthur L. Dryfoos. Later tenants included the Cloak and Suit Makers' Union in 1921, the Jewish Working Girls Vacation Society in 1942 and the Infants' Welfare League in 1946.
- 1932
Diego Rivera lectures at the New Workers' School
On April 2 and 3, 1932, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera lectured on "Tendencies in Modern Art" at 228 Second Avenue, then home to the New Workers' School. The building had been completed in 1910 as a residential building. A White Tower hamburger company occupied its first story by 1935.
- 1960
A fire reduces the seven-story building to a single story
A 1960 fire badly damaged the upper stories of the seven-story building at 228 Second Avenue, and the structure was reduced to a single story. It remains one story today, with an extended parapet at the corner and a cement cladding.
Further reading
- 228 Second Avenue; 300 East 14th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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