302 West 12th Street
also 302A West 12th Street | West Village | built 1931
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- 1929
Bing & Bing begin a five-building plan that includes 302 West 12th Street
Leo Bing announced that his firm had bought 75 small lots around Abingdon Square and other Village squares for new apartment buildings. The 18-story tower at 302 West 12th Street, facing Abingdon Square Park, was one of five built together. Russell M. Boak and Hyman F. Paris, who had left Emery Roth's firm in 1927 to start their own practice, were its architects.
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- 1931
Bing & Bing report its new Village apartment buildings are mostly leased
The tower opened in late summer 1931, just as the Depression deepened. That September Bing & Bing said its five new buildings on Christopher, Horatio and West 12th Streets were among its most popular apartment properties, with a high percentage of the space already leased.
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- 2006
The building appears in the film Lucky Number Slevin
The building appeared in the 2006 film "Lucky Number Slevin," together with its sister building at 299 West 12th Street. Both were developed by Bing & Bing in the early 1930s.
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Further reading
- 302 West 12th StreetWikipedia
- Then & Now photos: 302 West 12th Street (aka 21 Abingdon Square)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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