The 4th Street Photo Gallery

67 East 4th Street | East Village | built 1897

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1973

    Alex Harsley's nonprofit opens the 4th Street Photo Gallery in a storefront here

    In 1973 the nonprofit Minority Photographers Inc. took a storefront at 67 East 4th Street, where it ran the 4th Street Photo Gallery. Founder and curator Alex Harsley, a photographer, filmmaker and multimedia artist, had been the first Black photographer for the New York City District Attorney. The gallery became an influential salon and exhibition space that launched careers.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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