337 East 6th Street

East Village | built 1884

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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.

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  1. 1884

    William Jose designs a $13,000 tenement for L. Samuels, with four families per floor and shops below

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    L. Samuels was the original owner of 337 East 6th Street, a five-story brick tenement designed by William Jose and filed under permit NB 272 of 1884. It was planned for four families on each floor with stores at street level, at a projected cost of $13,000. Jose built it at the same time as its identical neighbor at No. 339.

    “…constructed as a tenement for four families per floor and stores on the ground story. The projected cost of the building was $13,000.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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