342 Canal Street
also 329 Church Street | Tribeca | built 1986
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1928
A gasoline station replaces three early frame buildings at the corner of Church and Canal
Before the present building, the southeast corner of Church and Canal streets held three frame buildings that dated from the early nineteenth century. In 1928 they were replaced by a gasoline station. That station was later demolished to make room for the commercial building erected on the corner in 1985-86.
“The site previously contained three frame structures built in the early nineteenth century; those were replaced in 1928 by a gasoline station…”
- 1986
Leonard Colchamiro designs a two-story commercial building for Pallas & Adri Distributors
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The two-story building at the southeast corner of Church and Canal streets went up in 1985-86 for Pallas & Adri Distributors, Inc., to designs by the Brooklyn architect Leonard Colchamiro. Its painted masonry-block, load-bearing walls extend 25 feet along Canal Street and 58 feet along Church Street.
“Designed by Brooklyn architect Leonard Colchamiro, it was erected in 1985-86 for Pallas & Adri Distributors, Inc.”
- 1992
A car-audio shop, a deli and an astrologer occupy the corner building
In its 1992 report on the Tribeca East Historic District, the Landmarks Preservation Commission recorded who worked in this small corner building: a car-audio shop and a delicatessen on the ground story, and an astrologer upstairs on the second. The painted masonry block had gates at street level and square windows above.
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