47 East 3rd Street

East Village | built 1901

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

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1901
Michael Bernstein designs a Renaissance Revival tenement at 47 East 3rd Street
The developers Miller, Mofsenson & Brill put up a five-story apartment building at 47 and 49 East 3rd Street in 1901, designed by Michael Bernstein in the Renaissance Revival style. Beige Roman brick covers the base, with red brick on the four floors above. Carved stone and terra-cotta ornament includes panels, window ornaments, and faux balconies with fluted columns, and a bracketed cornice caps the entrance.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1911
June 9
A barber confesses to hiring a stand-in for his Regents exam and is fined $100
Alexander J. Barth, a barber living at 47 East 3rd Street, hoped to become an attorney but failed the Regents' examination twice. He then hired a substitute to take the third test for him. Two informants exposed the scheme, and on June 9, 1911, he confessed and was fined $100.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
2017
The tenement is converted into a single-family mansion after a tenant buyout fight
Alistair and Catherine Economakis bought 47 East 3rd Street in 2003, when it held 15 apartments, and planned to turn it into a single-family home. The remaining nine tenants conceded to buyouts of $75,000 each in December 2008, agreeing to leave by the end of August 2009. The family moved in during 2012 while renovations continued, and construction was completed in 2017.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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