690 Greenwich Street

also 686 Greenwich Street | West Village | built 1869

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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. 1868

    Provisions dealers David and William Millemann build three five-story tenements with stores at 686-690 Greenwich Street

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    The Millemann brothers put up three five-story brick tenements around 1868-69, with stores at street level. They used them, together with their pork-packing plant next door at 692, only until 1870, when they were declared bankrupt. In 1871 the group was sold to Charles White, whose firm of hog butchers stood at the foot of 40th Street, and the White estate held the tenements until 1902.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1885

    Isaac and Michael Edesheimer make cider, vinegar and pickles at 686-692 Greenwich Street

    From about 1885 to 1893 the firm of Edesheimer Bros. produced cider, vinegar and pickles in these buildings. Its partners were Isaac Edesheimer (died 1918) and Michael Edesheimer (died 1915). The company went bankrupt several times, and Michael afterward worked for the Fleischmann Co. nearby.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1917

    Three old tenements are merged into one warehouse and later house a wholesale paper and twine firm

    Nos. 686-690 had become lofts with stores in 1906 under architect James W. Cole, and in 1917 they were combined into a single warehouse. From about 1930 to 1965 the main tenant was Coy, Disbrow & Co., which Robert Henry Coy and Hamilton T. Disbrow founded in 1922 and which later became part of Pohlman Paper Co. Wholesale paper and twine were its trade. The building became apartments in 1977.

    “Coy, Disbrow & Co. was founded in 1922 by Robert Henry Coy and Hamilton T. Disbrow.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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