45 Christopher Street

West Village | built 1931

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1931
July 17
Boak & Paris complete the Art Deco tower for developer Leo Bing
Architects Russell Boak and Hyman Paris, who had left Emery Roth's firm in 1927 to start their own practice, design this 18-story Art Deco apartment building with ground-floor shops for developer Leo Bing. It receives its occupancy license on July 17, 1931, one of five Bing & Bing buildings rising together in the neighborhood despite the deepening Depression.
Source: Wikipedia
1934
August
A penthouse gas explosion kills a rental agent and injures a columnist
In August 1934, rental agent Jeanette Bair causes a gas explosion in Penthouse E that shakes buildings within a half-mile radius. Bair is killed in the blast, while newspaper columnist Louis Sobol, who lives in the building's duplex penthouse, survives with only minor cuts.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1969
June
Ground-floor shop windows are smashed during the Stonewall riots
When the Stonewall riots erupt on Christopher Street in June 1969, the unrest spreads down the block and the ground-floor shop windows at 45 Christopher Street are broken. The building, a 1931 Art Deco apartment tower by Boak & Paris, stands just steps from the Stonewall Inn.
Source: Wikipedia

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