395 Avenue of the Americas
West Village | built 1915
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1958
Two-story taxpayers at 395-397 Sixth Avenue are cut down and given new storefronts
The pair of storefront buildings was later reduced in height, and new fronts went in during 1958. No. 397 got horizontal windows at its second floor. No. 395 instead had its veneered front wall run up to full height with no windows, leaving room for the owner's large sign.
“In 1958 the new store fronts were constructed with horizontal windows at the second floor of No. 397 while No. 395 carried its veneered front wall up full height…”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 395-397 Sixth AvenueVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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