46 Bedford Street

West Village | built 1937

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

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1937
Auto mechanic Achille Boero builds a one-story repair shop at Bedford and Leroy
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Achille Boero, an Argentine-born mechanic of Italian parentage who came to the United States in 1908, had a one-story brick auto repair shop built here in 1937, designed by Rene Brugnoni. The lot was one of many nearby developed for car-related uses after Seventh Avenue South was extended to Varick Street between 1914 and 1917. The building sat back from the lot line with a long driveway for vehicles.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1941
The garage at 46 Bedford Street is converted into a bar and grille
In 1941 the repair garage was heavily altered into a bar and grille. The building, which had been set back with a long driveway for garage use, was extended out to the lot line and given new storefronts. Deeds show it passing from Boero to Lina Guassone in 1939 and then to Roger Gard and John Berzolla in 1940. It is still used as a bar and grille.
“In 1941 the building was heavily altered and converted into a bar and grille…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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