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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1938
A subway ventilator shaft replaces Federal-style buildings at Front and Fulton Streets
This corner, listed as 201-202 Front Street and 15-19 Fulton Street, was once lined with Federal-style buildings that had arched doorways and peaked roofs. In 1938 a concrete subway ventilator shaft was built on part of the site. The rest of the lot was left empty, and it was still vacant when the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the South Street Seaport Historic District.
“Handsome Federal style buildings with arched doorways and peaked roofs originally stood on this site which is now occupied in part by a concrete subway ventilator shaft erected in 1938.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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