960 Manhattan Avenue

Greenpoint | built 1931

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

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1897
Philemon Tillion designs a Queen Anne store and lofts building at 960 Manhattan Avenue
The store and lofts building at 960 Manhattan Avenue, between Java and India Streets, went up in 1897 to designs by Philemon Tillion. Tillion worked from an office nearby at 209 Manhattan Avenue and designed many Greenpoint buildings, among them the Industrial Home for the Blind and the Greenpoint Masonic Lodge.
Source: brownstoner.com
1900
The ground floor serves as Republican headquarters for the 14th Assembly District
In 1900 part or all of the ground floor at 960 Manhattan Avenue served as the local headquarters of the 14th Assembly District's Republican Party. Party members gathered in the building to nominate candidates for the State Assembly and for local office.
Source: brownstoner.com
1912
Cloth-hat makers strike against Charles S. Merton & Company, with arrests and Pinkerton assaults
Charles S. Merton & Company, which made cloth hats and caps on the third and fourth floors, moved here in 1909. In 1912 many employees struck over their wish to organize, hoping to affiliate with Local 32 of the United Cloth Hat and Capmaker's Union. The mostly young strikers were repeatedly arrested and, on a couple of occasions, assaulted by Pinkerton men the company hired. The company later moved to a loft at 810 Broadway in Manhattan.
Source: brownstoner.com

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