330 East 4th Street

East Village | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1900

    Architect Michael Bernstein designs a double-flat tenement for developer John Katzman

    John Katzman buys the lot in 1899 and hires architect Michael Bernstein to design a tenement, finished the next year at a cost of $20,000. The five-story yellow-brick building mixes Renaissance Revival carving, Queen Anne brickwork and neo-Classical swags, with wrought iron railings at the stoop. Each floor holds two apartments, and the ten original tenants are middle class.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1912

    September

    Resident Susie Hachfelder plans to attend the Progressive Party convention in Syracuse

    Susie Hachfelder, an unmarried woman living at 330 East 4th Street, is a member of the Progressive Party even though women cannot yet vote in New York. The New York Times reports on September 3, 1912, that she will go to the party's convention in Syracuse.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1961

    Sculptor Claes Oldenburg is living and working here by 1961

    Claes Oldenburg, a Swedish-born artist later known for public sculptures of oversized everyday objects, has a home and studio at 330 East 4th Street by 1961. He marries the artist Coosje van Bruggen in 1977, and the two often collaborate on works.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1993

    A 1993 renovation turns the tenement into housing for older residents

    A renovation completed in 1993 turns the building into a single-room-occupancy residence for the elderly, with about seven rooms per floor. The stoop was probably removed then, and the entrance lowered to sidewalk level. The first-floor Renaissance Revival carvings were also shaved off, and the cornice was replaced by a plain brick parapet.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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