368 Bleecker Street

also 91 Charles Street | West 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.

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  1. 1848

    Garret and Harvey Barmore build a pianoforte factory at Bleecker and Charles

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    Garret and Harvey Barmore put up this corner building in 1847-48 as a pianoforte manufactory, at first just two stories tall. By 1854 it ran the full seventy-foot length of the lot, and floors were added later. The 1847 deed barred any business that would be a nuisance to the neighbors, and an insurance map of 1854 rated the building third class, presumably because piano makers kept lumber and glue on hand.

    “…as a "pianoforte manufactory" for Garret and Harvey Barmore. By 1854 it extended the full s…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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