442 Greenwich Street

Tribeca | built 1950

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.

1867
Blase Lorillard builds a five-story tenement on this lot that a produce merchant later uses
An earlier building on this site, a five-story tenement, was put up in 1867 by Blase Lorillard. The produce merchant James Loughran made use of it in the 1880s and 1890s. It was demolished in 1939 as a Works Progress Administration labor project, and the lot served as a parking lot in the 1950s.
“A five-story tenement was built on the lot in 1867 by Blase Lorillard. During the 1880s and 1890s the produce merchant James Loughran used the building.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1950
A tiny one-story storage building is designed for Ralph Vanezio on a 21-foot lot
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In 1950 the engineering firm of Edward J. Govern designed a storage building for Ralph Vanezio on this narrow lot near the Vestry Street end of the block. It measures about 21 by 20 feet and sits at the back of the lot, behind a security door at the sidewalk.
“…designed in 1950 by the Edward J. Govern engineering firm for Ralph Vanezio…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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