42 Downing Street

West Village | built 1909

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1909
Woodruff Leeming designs a stable at 42 Downing Street for Edwin H. Sayre
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Architect Woodruff Leeming designed this concrete-and-stone stable for Edwin H. Sayre in 1909, on a lot Sayre had owned since 1906. By 1931 its certificate of occupancy listed it as a two-story garage, reflecting the change from horses to automobiles.
“…originally designed by Woodruff Leeming as a stable for Edwin H. Sayre in 1909. By 1931 it had been converted…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1985
Architect Richard Potofsky converts the former stable at 42 Downing Street into a two-family home
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In 1985 architect Richard Potofsky reworked and enlarged the old garage to serve as a two-family residence. It now stands five stories tall, with a penthouse set back behind a screen wall. The building had been owned by the Costa family from 1931 until the City of New York took it in 1952.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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