50 Greenwich Avenue

also 48 Greenwich Avenue | West Village | built 1872

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The lot about 1940 — About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc

The lot about 1985 — About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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1872
William Jose designs 50 Greenwich Avenue in 1872 for landlord Jacob Schmitt
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No. 50 is the middle one of three apartment houses that Jacob Schmitt commissioned from William Jose in 1872. All five stories were built as multiple dwellings. A new brick facade has since replaced its original look, and the bracketed cornice gave way to a brick parapet raised at the center.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Further reading

Then & Now photos: 50 Greenwich AvenueVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now

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