Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue | Prospect Heights | built 1901
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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
Charles H. Richter Jr. designs three store-and-flats buildings for F. Berlenbach on Vanderbilt Avenue
Around 1901 Charles H. Richter Jr. designed 615, 617 and 617A Vanderbilt Avenue as four-story buildings with stores below and flats above for F. Berlenbach. They went up at a time when Vanderbilt Avenue was growing into a major commercial street of Prospect Heights. Berlenbach also built the adjoining pair at 619 and 621.
- 2022
Unnameable Books moves a block down Vanderbilt Avenue to 615
In January 2022 the independent bookstore Unnameable Books moved from 600 Vanderbilt Avenue to 615 Vanderbilt Avenue, about a block away. The new space is a bit larger than the old store and has a private backyard. A poetry room was planned, with poetry readings to be held in the yard.
Source: publishersweekly.com
Further reading
- Unnameable BooksWikipedia
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