170 Second Avenue Building Date : 1929 Original Use : Residential/Commercial Original Owner : Saul Birns Original Architect : Segal & Sohn Description & Building Alterations This 15-story brick building, known as the Peter Stuyvesant Apartments, was constructed in 1927 by architects Segal & Sohn for owner Saul Birns, a prominent property-owner in the East Village. It was intended to serve as tenements and stores, and was originally leased to a Woolworth store and an opulent branch of the Bank of United States, which failed a year later. A replacement tenant was not found until 1933, when the ground floor was leased to Ratner’s dairy restaurant. Prior to construction, The New York Historical Society was located on this lot in a two-story building designed by Mettam & Burke from 1857 until 1908, when it moved to its current Central Park West location. The present building features window surrounds at the third, sixth, and thirteenth to fifteenth stories, molded banding, engaged piers, decorative panels beneath the roof line, and roping details at the building’s corners. The recessed point-arched window opening with spandrels and floral details on the north facade appears to be a former entrance.

166 Second Avenue Building Date : 1929 Original Use : Religious Institution Original Owner : N. Y. C. Baptist Mission Society Original Architect : Emery Roth Description & Building Alterations This 15-story with tower apartment building, Warren Hall, was erected in 1929 by architect Emery Roth for the N. Y. C. Baptist Mission Society during a period when developers pinpointed this area as a site for luxury high-rises. It replaced a Gothic sanctuary built in 1850 by the Baptist Tabernacle, which was founded in 1839. Warren Hall was partially used as sanctuary originally, and the inscription “Baptist Tabernacle” still decorates the main entrance today. The building facade features projecting brick piers, banding, recessed point-arched entrance openings with incised ornament, three round-arched openings on the central tower, and decorative panels beneath roof railings.