40 Downing Street

West Village | built 1889

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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. 1888

    Gilbert Schellinger designs a 20-family tenement at 40 Downing Street for David Richey

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    Architect Gilbert A. Schellinger designed this five-story tenement in 1888, built for David Richey to hold 20 families. It originally had a raised basement and a central entrance reached by a stoop. A 1940 alteration lowered the first story to ground level and changed the entrance, and the cornice probably came off then.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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