81 2nd Avenue
East Village | built 1845
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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.
- 1912
81 Second Avenue loses its stoop and gets a two-story storefront for owner Emil Beiser
The five-story Greek Revival row house at 81 Second Avenue was built around 1844-45 for Anson Phelps, and an Italianate roof cornice was possibly added in the 1850s. In 1912 the architects Sommerfeld & Steckler filed plans for owner Emil Beiser to remove the stoop and raise the basement floor to sidewalk level. That made room for a two-story storefront.
Further reading
- 81 Second AvenueVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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