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84 Fourth Avenue
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This six-story building was constructed by Moore and Hutchins in 1951-52. One of the most outstanding examples of contextual, historicist architecture of its time, it houses Grace Church School with 86 Fourth Avenue and is part of the Grace Church individual NYC landmark designated in 1966. Multiple Book Row sellers were located at this site before the current building was erected. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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Grace Church
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Grace Church was built in 1846-47 by famed architect James Renwick, Jr and designated an individual NYC landmark in 1966. The immensely popular Fleischmann’s Model Vienna Bakery, from which the term “breadline” originates, was once located on part of this lot. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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92-98 Fourth Avenue
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The Gothic Revival buildings at 92-98 Fourth Avenue were designated individual NYC landmarks in 1977. No. 92 was built in 1902 as the Grace Church clergy house by the architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge. Grace Memorial House at No. 94-96 was built in 1882-83 and designed by James Renwick, Jr. No. 98 was built 1906-07 and designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker in the Gothic Revival style within the Tudor tradition. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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88-90 Fourth Avenue
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88 Fourth Avenue was erected in 1902 as the Grace Church Choir School. It was designed with Gothic motifs by the architectural firm of Heins and LaFarge, winners of the original competition for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Both No. 88 and 90 are part of the Grace Church individual NYC landmark designated in 1966. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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86 Fourth Avenue
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This six-story Gothic Revival structure was built in 1912 to the designs of the firm of Renwick, Aspinwall, and Tucker, the successor firm to James Renwick Jr.’s. Along with 84 Fourth Avenue, it houses Grace Church School and is part of the Grace Church individual NYC landmark designated in 1966. A prominent Book Row seller was located at a previous building at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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