El Rastro building (88 Perry Street)

383 Bleecker Street | also 88 Perry Street | West Village | built 1868

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1. 1867

   Plumbing firm Brien & Adams builds apartment houses and dwellings at Bleecker and Perry Streets

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   Between 1866 and 1868 the plumbing firm Brien & Adams built a cluster of buildings at the Perry Street corner as an investment, working from designs by the architect R. G. Hatfield. They were twin five-story brick apartment houses, Nos. 381 and 383 Bleecker, plus dwellings around the corner on Perry Street. William Adams Jr. made his home in one of the Perry Street houses, No. 84.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1970

   Manuel Jimenez buys 88 Perry Street and opens El Rastro, a Spanish antique shop

   Manuel Jimenez, an Argentine immigrant who had studied architecture, bought the building at 88 Perry Street in February 1970. In the ground-floor storefront he opened a shop of Spanish antiques, which he named El Rastro for Madrid's market of that name. When he renovated the building in 1972, he commissioned a tile mural from a Seville workshop of azulejo makers for the recessed area of the Perry Street wall.

   Source: Village Preservation

3. 2016

   May 17

   The Landmarks Commission votes 8-0 to legalize the tile mural on 88 Perry Street

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   The Spanish tile mural on the Perry Street wall had been installed without Landmarks Preservation Commission permits. On May 17, 2016, the commission heard an application to legalize it and approved a certificate of appropriateness by a vote of 8-0. The mural, which dates from the building's 1972 renovation, stayed in place.

   “88 Perry Street - Greenwich Village Historic District... Application is to legalize the installation of a tiled wall mural without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s). Action: Approved 8-0-0…”

   Source: nyc.gov

Further reading

• Then & Now photos: 383 Bleecker Street (aka 88 Perry Street)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now

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• 381 Bleecker Street3 entries
• 377 Bleecker Street1 entry
• 87 Perry Street4 entries
• 375 Bleecker Street1 entry
• 387 Bleecker Street1 entry
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