472 Avenue of the Americas
also 482 Avenue of the Americas, 478 Avenue of the Americas, 86 West 12th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1956
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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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- 1956
Israel L. Crausman designs a seven-story brick apartment house at 86 West 12th Street
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In 1956 a seven-story brick apartment house, designed by architect Israel L. Crausman, took the place of six houses that attorney Daniel A. Baldwin had developed on this Sixth Avenue block. Residents enter from West 12th Street, while stores face the avenue. Its metal windows are grouped in twos and threes, with continuous sills and lintels tying the groups together. Beside it, a one-story dry-cleaning shop at 472 forms part of the same property.
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 474-482 Sixth Avenue (aka 86 West 12th Street)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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