620 East 6th Street
East Village | built 1920
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1907
Samuel Sass builds a six-story tenement for Isaac Solinger
Architect Samuel Sass designed this six-story New Law tenement in 1907 for owner Isaac Solinger. The brick facade has stone stringcourses and window surrounds with foliated scrolled keystones, and the top-story windows are arched with radiating voussoirs. A cornice that is probably original still crowns the building.
- 1939
A morning fire damages the East 6th Street tenement
A New York Times fire record indicates a fire at this address on the morning of June 5, 1939, though the damage was not severe. The building still serves as an apartment house, with 22 residential units today.
Further reading
- 624 East 6th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 620 East 6th Street; 620-622 East 6th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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