85 Christopher Street
West Village | built 1872
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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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- 1872
Gessner & Reichart erect four six-story apartment units at 85-91 Christopher Street
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In 1872 the builders Gessner & Reichart put up a row of four six-story apartment buildings, designed by W. J. Gessner, at Nos. 85 through 91. The ground floors held stores, most still with their original turned-wood corner posts, behind square cast-iron columns. A single cornice once tied the four fronts together, but it has since been removed at No. 85. The Landmarks Preservation Commission describes it as an early apartment house.
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- Then & Now photos: 85 Christopher StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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