88 Charles Street

West Village | built 1887

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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. 1887

    William Grant designs a Neo-Grec apartment house at 88 Charles Street for Daniel Rosenbaum

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    Grant's five-story brick building has the heavy, protruding window lintels typical of the Neo-Grec style, resting on band courses that run across the facade. The first floor is the showpiece: a central doorway framed by Corinthian pilasters and console brackets, flanked by tall windows under a brick arch whose keystone is a sculpted woman's head. Incised circles and similar motifs decorate the doorway and windows.

    “…designed in the Neo-Grec style in 1887 by William Grant, for Daniel Rosenbaum…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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