329 Bleecker Street

also 93 Christopher Street | West Village | built 1905

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1. 1807

   A commission plotting Manhattan's street grid meets in a small corner house here

   In March 1807 a three-member commission including Gouverneur Morris was appointed to plan Manhattan's streets. Its members met in a tiny building at this corner of Christopher Street and Herring Road, which the 1828 widening of Herring Street later took away. The commissioners finished their plan in 1809, and it was published two years later.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1828

   Widening Herring Street removes the corner building and gives No. 93 a new brick wall

   Herring Street was widened in 1828, taking away the corner building and the wall that had separated it from its neighbor at 93 Christopher Street. No. 93 received a new brick side wall with two quarter-round windows flanking an arched one. When Herring Street became Bleecker Street the next year, the corner property took the address 329 Bleecker Street.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1922

   Sam Ribyat has architect Thomas Williams renovate the corner grocery

   Sam Ribyat, president of Ribyat Brothers, owned the store in 1922 and hired architect Thomas Williams to renovate it. The star-shaped iron supports for the tie rods on the Bleecker Street side were probably installed then. Earlier tenants had included a dry goods store and, around 1900, Nicola M. La Rocca's fruit stand.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1997

   The Bleecker Street grocery is gone by 1997 as rising rents bring new shops

   For decades the corner's "Fancy Fruits Dairy" sign was a Village landmark. As trendy shops arrived and rents rose, the grocery gave way to a quick succession of businesses, among them Bronca Pizza, Goodfellas Kitchen and Bleecker's Corner, a fast-food deli. By 2012 the storefront housed a branch of the UK chain Accessorize.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The 200-Year Old Grocery Store at No. 329 Bleecker StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
• Then & Now photos: 329 Bleecker Street (aka 93 Christopher Street)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
• Three ways of looking at 329 Bleecker StreetEphemeral New York

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• 89 Christopher Street1 entry
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• 87 Christopher Street2 entries
• 341 Bleecker Street1 entry
• 85 Christopher Street1 entry

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