32 East 2nd Street

also 34 East 2nd Street | East Village | built 1901

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1901
Joseph Polstein replaces two 1830s row houses with a tenement for 26 families
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In 1901 Joseph Polstein replaced the two row houses that had stood at 32-34 East 2nd Street since the 1830s. Architect Michael Bernstein designed a new-law tenement with stores at street level and apartments for 26 families above. Its elaborate terra-cotta entrance enframement was part of the design, and the original cornice survives.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
1901
Architect Michael Bernstein, who designs No. 32, is accused of filing 53 false plans before the new tenement law
Michael Bernstein, architect of 32 East 2nd Street, was one of the busiest tenement designers of the years around 1900. The Landmarks Preservation Commission, citing historian Andrew Dolkart, notes that the Department of Buildings accused him of submitting 53 false plans just before the Tenement House Act of 1901 took effect that April.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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