51 East 2nd Street
East Village | built 1890
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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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- 1890
The Judah estate builds two five-story tenements side by side at 47-55 East 2nd Street
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In 1890 the estate of S. B. H. Judah had the architects D. & J. Jardine design what is really two five-story buildings on one lot. Each held eight families, two to a floor, with stores at street level. Yellow brick on most of the facade is set off by red brick on the chimney and the arched top-floor windows, and the cornice frieze is terra cotta.
Further reading
- 47-55 East 2nd StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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