503 East 13th Street | Block : 407 | Lot #7502 Building Date : 1999 Original Use : Residential/Commercial Original Owner : Housing Preservation and Development Original Architect : Leslie Feder Description & Building Alterations The new condo building that stands here is contextual in its design, using bricks, stone-like details and a cornice in a manner similar to its neighbors. It houses some commercial space on the ground floor of the Avenue A side. A Certificate of Occupancy indicates that in 1962 the site was used as a parking lot. Before then, there was likely a 1904 tenement building designed by George Frederick Pelham.