Caliente Cab Restaurant 7 Ave S

61 7th Avenue South | also 284 Bleecker Street | West Village | built 1832

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

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1832
Charles Oakley builds two gambrel-roofed houses at Bleecker Street and sells them to a dry goods merchant
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In 1832 developer Charles Oakley built two brick-fronted frame houses at 284-286 Bleecker Street, two and a half stories each with gambrel roofs. He sold them to dry goods merchant Andrew Quackenbush, who also owned 40 Leroy Street, and whose brother Abraham owned 260 Bleecker. By 1851 the houses mixed homes and shops, with a shoemaker, a carpenter, a trimmings dealer and a dry goods merchant among the tenants.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1869
The corner house at 286 Bleecker gets a third story, a storefront and a pressed-metal cornice
In 1869 No. 286 Bleecker Street was enlarged with a full third story. A ground-floor storefront and a pressed-metal cornice were added at the same time.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1919
The ground floor becomes a bakery, and a launderette later takes over the shop space for decades
In 1919 the ground floor of 284 Bleecker was altered to hold a bakery, with a new storefront, and the two houses were probably joined then, though they had shared an owner since 1892. From the 1940s through the 1960s the shop space held Peter's Self-Service Launderette, with eight apartments above.
“In 1919 no. 284 Bleecker Street was altered to house a bakery on the ground floor... Peter's Self-Service Launderette, with eight apartments above.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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