470 Avenue of the Americas
also 466 Avenue of the Americas | Greenwich Village | built 1844
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1969
The Landmarks Commission praises the modest 466-470 Sixth Avenue row for its Village scale
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When the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Greenwich Village Historic District in 1969, its report discussed the 1844 row at 466-470 Sixth Avenue, which includes No. 470. It conceded that such little rows are not great architecture but argued they preserve the district's even scale and materials. The houses had been built as part of attorney Daniel A. Baldwin's development of the block.
“Little rows such as this one, although not examples of great architecture, retain the homogeneous scale and use of materials of the best of The Village.”
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- Then & Now photos: 470 Sixth AvenueVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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