70 West 11th Street

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

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1879
Developer James Gifford builds a flat around a cemetery's corner
James N. Gifford erects a five-story neo-Grec apartment building at 70 West 11th Street, its plan skewed into unusual angles to fit around a small triangular remnant of the Congregation Shearith Israel cemetery next door. Each of the five floors originally holds one seven-room apartment with a private bath, plus a basement unit for the superintendent.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1908
June 25
Composer Charles Ives moves in with his new bride
Composer Charles Ives and his new wife, Harmony Twichell, move into an apartment at 70 West 11th Street after their marriage. Ives is working in the insurance business at the time. The illustrator John Wolcott Adams lives in the building from 1908 to 1913.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1938
May 4
A dachshund named Mr. Snookums moves into the building after his owner dies across the street
William H. Lindeman, an animal dealer who lives at 63 West 11th Street, dies in May 1938 and leaves a note asking that his dachshund puppy, Mr. Snookums, be placed with Mrs. Michaels. Her husband Fred Michaels, Lindeman's fishing friend, lives at 70 West 11th Street, and the puppy moves in there.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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