786 Greenwich Street
also 16 Bethune Street, 790 Greenwich Street | West Village | built 1920
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1935
Lehigh Steel Company builds a one-story office and warehouse at Bethune Street
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In 1935 the Lehigh Steel Company erected a low building of offices and a warehouse at the corner of Greenwich and Bethune Streets. It replaced two three-story houses. Its asymmetrical front has a large door at the left, a stepped parapet with stone coping and a neat sign, which the Landmarks Commission called respectable.
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 786-788 Greenwich Street (aka 16-18 Bethune Street)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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