520 East 12th Street
also 518 East 12th Street | East Village | built 1930
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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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- 1901
George Frederick Pelham designs a seven-story tenement pair in 1901
Records credit architect George Frederick Pelham with this pair of seven-story old-law tenements for owner Samuel Brasch, supposedly built in 1901 as part of a row of four. Seven stories was unusual, since few tenements of the period rose above six. The pair would have been among the last built before the Tenement House Act of 1901 took effect. The beige-brick and limestone facade is richly decorated with stringcourses, egg-and-dart moldings, and cartouched spandrel panels.
Further reading
- 522-524 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 520 East 12th Street; 518-520 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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