The corner of Charles and Bleeker Streets, circa 1980.

This building was an early victim of urban planning when the store lost 20 feet of width when a bend of Bleecker Street was eliminated in 1828.

Released from a French prison in 1802, Thomas Paine, the famed revolutionary-era author, resided in this house nearly until his death 1809. This lead to Barrow Street to be briefly renamed Reason Street

289 Bleeker Street east of Seventh Avenue South, circa 1979.

An open-air produce market at the corner of Jones and Bleeker streets, circa 1935.

The storefront window at Mandaro's cheese shop at 276 Bleecker Street, 1937.

Opening in 1924, this Greenwich Village Bakery's traditional baking methods made it a neighborhood favorite until its closure in 2004.

The corner of Bleeker and Carmine streets, circa 1975.

This frame building stood at the corner of Bleecker and Carmine Streets, approximately at the location of present-day Father Demo Square.

This storefront, currently Porto Rico Coffee Importers, has been owned and operated by the Longo family since 1907. It was originally a bakery and Italian dry goods store.

158 Bleeker Street was home to the Village Gate, a legendary nightclub and performance space opened by Art D'Lugoff in 1958.

Initially built as separate townhouses (Nos. 144 and 146), Placido Mori commissioned the then-unknown Raymond Hood (future architect of Rockefeller Center) to create a unified facade for his expanding restaurant. As part of Hood’s compensation, he received an apartment upstairs.

Cast-iron buildings on the west side of Broadway between Bleeker Street and West 3rd Street.

Described in its 1974 LPC Designation Report as, "the most significant commercial building utilizing skyscraper structural techniques in New York City," the Bayard-Condict Building was both a structural and architectural modern marvel for the city. Completed in 1899, this office and loft building is the only structure constructed in New York to the designs of famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. Described in its 1974 LPC Designation Report as, "the most significant commercial building utilizing skyscraper structural techniques in New York City," the Bayard-Condict Building was both a structural and architectural modern marvel for the city. Completed in 1899, this office and loft building is the only structure constructed in New York to the designs of famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. Described in its 1974 LPC Designation Report as, "the most significant commercial building utilizing skyscraper structural techniques in New York City," the Bayard-Condict Building, completed in 1899, is the only example of the architect Louis Sullivan in NYC.

Looking north on Crosby Street between Bleecker and Houston Streets.

Construction of the Mulberry Street: IRT East Side Line, now the site of 54 Bleecker Street.

33-37 Bleeker Street circa 1980. It still looks the same today!