53 2nd Avenue
also 29 East 3rd Street | East Village | built 1897
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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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- 1896
Kurtzer & Rohl design a six-story corner tenement for August Ruff, with two stores and 20 families
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In 1896 the architects Kurtzer & Rohl designed a six-story tenement for August Ruff at the corner of Second Avenue and East 3rd Street. It was planned to hold two stores and 20 families. The brick facades carry terra-cotta lintels, some with pediments, and a modillioned cornice, and the entrance on East 3rd Street has a round arch.
Further reading
- 53 Second Avenue; 29-31 East Third StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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