64 MacDougal Street

also 145 West Houston Street | SoHo | built 1904

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1904
Dominick Abbate and Peitro Alvino build a six-story tenement with stores at 64 MacDougal Street
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In 1904 Dominick Abbate and Peitro Alvino had a six-story new-law tenement with stores built at 64-66 MacDougal Street, on the corner of West Houston Street. The Bernstein brothers designed it in the Renaissance Revival style, with brick quoins around the third- and fourth-story windows and a pressed-metal cornice of garlands and dentils. The building is largely intact except for the ground story.
“…built in 1904 and designed by the architects Bernstein & Bernstein in the Renaissance Revival style for Dominick Abbate and Peitro Alvino…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1904
The Bernstein brothers, sons of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, design 64 MacDougal Street
Michael Bernstein, one of the most prolific tenement architects in the Sullivan-Thompson district, designed 64 MacDougal Street with his brother Mitchell as Bernstein & Bernstein. Their parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who reached the United States after Michael was born. Mitchell, 11 years younger, was born in New York. The firm also designed 195 Spring Street in 1902.
“Michael Bernstein continued to be one of the most prolific designers of tenements in the district…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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