34 East 4th Street

NoHo | built 1889

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

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1889
Architect Alexander Finkle designs 34 East 4th Street as one of a pair of tenements with shops
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Built in 1888-89 for owner John D. Karst Jr., this five-story German Renaissance Revival building was planned with commercial space on the ground floor and homes above. With its twin at No. 36, it is one of the last purpose-built tenements in the NoHo Historic District Extension, in an era when many older buildings nearby were being converted or replaced by commercial structures. Its pedimented cornice carries an eagle medallion.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1970
The Work Shop for the Players Art, known as the WPA Theater, is based at 34 East 4th Street around 1970
Around 1970 the building housed the Work Shop for the Players Art, the theater company known as the WPA Theater. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes the upstairs still serves its original residential purpose, with a restaurant occupying the ground floor at the time of its report.
“…was once home to the Work Shop for the Players Art (WPA) Theater c. 1970…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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