79 Thompson Street

also 81 Thompson Street | SoHo | built 1907

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1906
Benjamin Steckler and William Sommerfeld form the firm that designs 79 Thompson Street
Benjamin Steckler started out at McKim, Mead & White, while William C. Sommerfeld studied at the Hebrew Technical Institute. Each opened a separate practice by the late 1890s, and in 1906 they joined as Sommerfeld & Steckler. The firm lasted until Steckler's death in 1924, and 79 Thompson Street is its only building in the Sullivan-Thompson district.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1907
Sommerfeld & Steckler design 79 Thompson Street as a six-story new-law tenement for Angelo Frasinetti
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Angelo Frasinetti built this six-story brick tenement in 1907 to plans by Sommerfeld & Steckler, and it follows the stricter new-law rules. Its windows alternate between arched lintels with pediments and foliate brackets and plainer lintels with keystones, a Renaissance Revival pattern. A decorative fire escape was installed at the start, and the cornice has since been removed.
“This new-law tenement, designed by Sommerfeld & Steckler and built in 1907, features arched pedimented window lintels with foliate brackets…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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