New York Theatre Workshop, 72 East 4th Street

72 East 4th Street | East Village | built 2009

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1917
A resident of an earlier building on this lot is arrested for not having draft papers
In 1917 a resident of this address was among dozens of people arrested at Arlington Hall for not having draft papers, according to Village Preservation's survey. The lot then held an earlier building; a structure called Concordia Hall is recorded here in 1903, though when it came down is unclear.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
2005
New York Theatre Workshop buys a vacant building at 72 East 4th Street for its shops
In 2005 the New York Theatre Workshop, whose main stage is across the street at 79 East 4th, bought the vacant building here and made it scenic and costume shops. In January 2006 Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the company and other arts groups city-owned buildings on East 4th Street, which became the Fourth Arts Block.
Source: Wikipedia
2009
A cinder-block and glass building by Mitchell Kurtz goes up where a vacant one-story building stood
The contemporary building at 72 East 4th Street dates from 2009 and was designed by Mitchell Kurtz Architect PC for the New York Theatre Workshop, with a cinder-block and glass facade. A one-story vacant building owned by the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development had stood on the site before it.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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