300 Lafayette Street

also 135 Crosby Street, 308 Lafayette Street, 21 East Houston Street | SoHo | built 2019

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

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1929
Two tall brick factories on Lafayette Street near Houston lose their upper floors
Two tall brick factories on this block were cut down as the neighborhood changed. The five-story factory at 298 Lafayette Street (133 Crosby Street) lost its four upper stories in 1929. Its neighbor at 300 Lafayette was a six-story brick factory that lost five stories between 1934 and 1948. Both are now described as one-story commercial buildings, the second used as an auto repair shop.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1938
A gas station replaces a demolished seven-story building at Lafayette and East Houston
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A seven-story brick commercial building once stood at 302-308 Lafayette Street (21-29 East Houston Street). It was torn down between about 1929 and 1936 while the IND subway was built under Houston Street. A gas station opened on the site in 1938, and it was cut back when Houston Street was widened in 1957-63. The station has been reworked several times since.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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