85 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1900

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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. 1886

    William Grant rebuilds a three-story rowhouse into a five-story Queen Anne tenement

    An 1886 alteration filing shows that the building began as a three-story house, probably for one family. Architect William Grant had the front and rear facades rebuilt and added two stories. The plan called for three families on the ground floor and two on each floor above, an arrangement the Landmarks Preservation Commission notes still holds today.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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