Provenzano Lanza Funeral Home

43 2nd Avenue | East Village | built 1907

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1907
Martin Engel and Louis Minsky build what the New York Times calls the avenue's first real office building
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The New York Times described 43 Second Avenue, developed by Martin Engel and Louis Minsky in 1907, as the first true office building on the street. Until then, the newspaper noted, professionals on lower Second Avenue had been tenants only in the basements and parlor floors of remodeled dwellings. The seven-story brick building was designed by Frederick Ebeling.
“Martin Engel and Louis Minsky developed what the New York Times called the "first real office building" on the street at 43 Second Avenue.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1979
Carmine Galante's funeral is held at the Lanza-Provenzano Funeral Home
Following the 1979 assassination of Bonanno family boss Carmine Galante, his funeral took place at the Lanza-Provenzano Funeral Home at 43 Second Avenue, according to the New York Times as cited by Village Preservation. The funeral home was owned by the same family as Lanza's Restaurant at 168 First Avenue, and the restaurant's co-owner Bobby Lanza was the mortician in charge. Galante had been a regular at the restaurant.
Source: Village Preservation

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