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63 East 9th Street
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A new building permit for 771-785 Broadway/63-67 East 9th Street/60-62 East 10th Street was filed in 1952. A significant 19th century Civil War photographer, who took a portrait for the ascendant presidential hopeful Abraham Lincoln, had a studio at a now-demolished building at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
30 East 10th Street
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This 12-story Beaux Arts style loft building was constructed in 1906 by George Anderson for E.J. Galway Building Co. The building is clad in ashlar stone and has minimal classical decorative elements.
34-36 East 10th Street
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This ten-story, two bay Beaux Arts style structure was constructed in 1902 by architect Frederick C. Browne for Philip Braender. It was home to several dance studios and a printer started by a notable
41-43 University Place
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This eleven-story complex was built in 1923 by Harvey Wiley Corbett and Wallace K. Harrison. Classical details, combined with modernist geometric elements, characterize Corbett and Harrison’s architecture as some of the most influential of the mid-20th century. A renowned indie-rock singer and Tony-Award winning playwright called this building home. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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Several important figures and innovators in the field of dance were located here, including the "Picasso of Dance." Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.
34-36 East 10th Street
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This ten-story, two bay Beaux Arts style structure was constructed in 1902 by architect Frederick C. Browne for Philip Braender. It was home to several dance studios and a printer started by a notable
21 East 10th Street
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This eleven-story building with Romanesque Revival details was constructed in 1925 by Sugarmann & Berger for the 60 University Place Corp. The firm also designed a number of historic and landmarked buildings on the Upper West Side, in Gramercy Park, and in Greenwich Village.
45 University Place
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This five-story 1845-47 rowhouse was originally constructed for James Brown and Edward Boonen Graves. It was home to a club which included a who’s who of labor, political, and social reform leaders of the turn of the last century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
25 East 10th Street
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This ten-story apartment building was constructed in 1929 by architect Charles F. Winkelman for The 42 East 11th St. Hotel Corp. Winkelman was the architect of several buildings in the adjacent Greenwich Village Historic District, including the Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue and the former “Holley Chambers” Apartment Hotel.
64 University Place
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Originally built in 1869-70 as a pair of six- and seven-story loft buildings, the current façade and four-story height of this structure dates to 1958, just before the influential publishing house Grove Press moved here. The original 6-story building at 66-68 University Place, which forms the northern two-thirds of the current building, was built by architect Chapin and builder Stewart & Smith in 1869-70. It originally served as the factory and office of Hazelton Brothers, a piano manufacturing firm, for a half-century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
28 East 10th Street
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Designed by Emery Roth, this thirteen-story residential building at 28 East 10th Street/47-59 University Place is known as Devonshire House and was constructed in 1928. Roth also designed the landmarked El Dorado, Beresford, Normandy, and Oliver Cromwell apartments on the Upper West Side, the St. Moritz and the Ritz in Midtown, and 888 Grand Concourse, as well as the nearby 1 University Place and 59 West 12th Street. A number of renowned actors, an episode of Seinfeld, a "Golden Age" comic book series, a Dutch filmmaker, and a significant NYPL donor are associated with this building. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
40-56 University Place
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Designed in 1926 by Sugarman and Berger, this twelve-story residential building features neo-Romanesque and Byzantine style elements. Among its notable residents was the Tony-award winning choreographer and dancer Agnes de Mille. Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City, lived here as well. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
32 East 10th Street
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This four-story, two bay rowhouse was built c. 1870 by architect W. Field & Son for Henry Nailer (or Naylor). From 1953 to 1957, this was the home and studio of abstract expressionist painter Franz Kline. It is featured in the Season 4 premiere of Sex and the City. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
33-45 East 9th Street
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This nine-story neo-Renaissance apartment building was constructed in 1925 and designed by Helmle, Corbett, & Harrison. Architectural renderer Hugh Ferriss, who envisioned urban utopia in his celebrated book The Metropolis of Tomorrow, and the actor who played Mr. Big in Sex and the City, resided here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
38-58 East 10th Street
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This nine-story apartment building was designed by Helme, Corbett, & Harrison and constructed in 1929 in the neo-Renaissance style. The building has served as the home of feminist writer, playwright, and essayist Dawn Powell; Charlotte Curtis, the first woman associate editor of The New York Times; Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell; and theater historian and educator Dr. Nellie McCaslin. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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