790 Greenwich Street

West Village | built 1920

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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. 1924

    Purco Steel Company builds a warehouse on a former coal yard

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    The two-story brick warehouse at 790-794 Greenwich Street was built in 1924 for the Purco Steel Company, on the site of a coal yard. When the district was designated in 1969 it was occupied by the Central Steel Company. It has industrial steel windows and a stepped parapet with stuccoed panels.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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