646 East 12th Street
East Village | built 1951
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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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- 1949
Ervin Palmer designs a freight terminal and garage for Harry Field
Between 1945 and 1949 architect Ervin Palmer designs and builds a freight terminal and garage with second-floor offices for owner Harry Field. It replaces a foundry that had occupied the property since the mid-19th century. The building wraps behind the corner lot, with a second garage entrance on Avenue C, and it is now occupied by the Social Security Administration, with its original brick front covered in concrete panels above a granite base.
Further reading
- 650 East 12th Street; 646-650 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 644 East 12th Street; 640-644 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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