38 8th Avenue
also 328 West 4th Street | West Village | built 1842
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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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- 1841
Builder Tarleton B. Earle puts up 38 Eighth Avenue as his own home
Tarleton B. Earle, a builder, erected No. 38 Eighth Avenue in 1841-42 for himself, and he lived there from 1841 to 1843. He then moved next door to No. 40, which was built at the same time. The building is also numbered 328 West 4th Street. The 1969 historic-district report describes it as a four-story brick house whose bracketed cornice had recently been removed, with a shopfront shared with No. 40.
- 2018
Dell'anima closes at 38 Eighth Avenue after eleven years and moves to Hell's Kitchen
The Italian restaurant dell'anima, which opened here in 2007, served its last meals at 38 Eighth Avenue on December 23, 2018. Its owner, August Cardona, said the model of a small, upscale neighborhood restaurant no longer worked. The restaurant moved to a 22-seat counter in Gotham West Market on Eleventh Avenue.
Source: patch.com
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 328 West 4th Street (aka 38 Eighth Avenue)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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- 30 8th Avenue1 entry