679 Greenwich Street

also 139 Christopher Street | West Village | built 1900

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

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1900
James Holmes builds a rounded-corner bar and apartment building at Greenwich and Christopher
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F. A. Burdett designed this three-story corner building in 1900 for James Holmes, with a bar on the ground floor and living quarters above. Its style follows the classical mode popularized by the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The corner is rounded to mark the junction, and the cornice curves to match, while brick lintels with keystones imitate stone.
“It was built in 1900 for James Holmes and was designed by F. A. Burdett in the classical mode made popular by the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1970
Danny's, a gay bar at 139 Christopher Street, is recommended in a 1970 guide
The Manhattan Gay Scene Guide of 1970 listed Danny's at 139 Christopher Street, the address of this corner building at Greenwich Street. It told readers to go there to see a mix of types, naming leather men, sweater-clad regulars and flamboyant queens among the crowd. The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project quotes the guide in its overview of the gay-owned bars and shops on Christopher Street.
Source: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

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