75 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. 1897

    Developer Buttenwieser and architect George Pelham finish the six-story tenement at No. 75

    In 1897 the developer Buttenwieser and the architect George F. Pelham completed 75 East 4th Street, the same year they finished the nearby tenements at 65 and 67. Buttenwieser, an American-born son of German Jewish immigrants, began as a real estate operator in the late 1880s and supported Citizens Union, the Hebrew Technical Institute and Jewish philanthropies.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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