823 Washington Street

West Village | built 1880

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1880
John Jacob Astor III starts improving the district with two-story market buildings on Washington Street
After the Astor properties in this district were divided between two of William B. Astor's sons in 1878, John Jacob Astor III made the first improvements. They were two-story market buildings at 823-829 Washington Street, built in 1880 to designs by Joseph M. Dunn. Market buildings by other architects went up beside them at 831 and 833 Washington Street.
“John Jacob Astor III undertook the first of the Astor improvements within the district, the two-story market buildings at 823, 825-827, and 829 Washington Street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1880
Builder Michael Reid, later behind the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, builds 823-829 Washington Street
Michael Reid built the market buildings at 823-829 Washington Street in 1880 for the Astors, and No. 823 is one of them. Born around 1832, he went on to found the M. Reid Co., whose work included the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, an addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and eleven Carnegie libraries. He also built 53-61 Gansevoort Street in 1887.
“Reid also built 823-829 Washington Street [see] in 1880.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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