C. Rieger's Sons Factory

452 East 148th Street | also 450 East 148th Street | Mott Haven | built 1888

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

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1906
A six-story Romanesque Revival furniture factory goes up for C. Rieger's Sons
The factory at 450-452 East 148th Street was built in 1906 and first housed a furniture manufacturer. The six-story Romanesque Revival building is faced in yellow iron-spot brick, and bluestone trims its facade and windows. It is also known by the names Arden Manufacturing Corporation and Piser Company.
Source: Wikipedia
2003
The old Rieger furniture factory is converted into affordable housing
Between 2002 and 2003 the former furniture factory was turned into affordable apartments. The following year, 2004, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
“It was converted for use as affordable housing during 2002–2003. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”
Source: Wikipedia

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