Cover Photograph: East 10th Street looking east from Avenue A. Christopher D. Brazee, 2012

th East 10 Street Historic District Designation Report Essay and Building Profiles prepared by Christopher D. Brazee Architects’ Appendix prepared by Christopher D. Brazee and Jennifer L. Most Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Jennifer L. Most Technical Assistance by Lauren Miller Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo E. Vengoechea, Vice-Chair Frederick Bland Christopher Moore Diana Chapin Margery Perlmutter Michael Devonshire Elizabeth Ryan Joan Gerner Roberta Washington Michael Goldblum Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation

TABLE OF CONTENTS EAST 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP ........................................... FACING PAGE 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1 EAST 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ..................................................... 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 2 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT ................................................................................................... 4 Early History and Development of the East Village ................................................................. 4 Development of Fashionable Row Houses on East 10th Street in the 1840s ............................ 8 Mid-Century Immigration and the Development of the East Side Tenement District ........... 11 Building Modernizations in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries ....................................... 15 Subsequent History ................................................................................................................. 17 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 20 BUILDING PROFILES ................................................................................................................ 22 East 10th Street (North Side, Odd Numbers) ........................................................................... 22 ARCHITECTS APPENDIX ......................................................................................................... 48 ILLUSTRATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 53

E 13 St East 10th Street Historic District Landmarks Preservation Commission East 10th Street Historic District Borough of Manhattan, NY [LP-2492] Calendared: June 28, 2011 Public Hearing: January 17, 2012 Designated: January 17, 2012 Boundary of Historic District Tax Map Lots in Historic District E 11 St Existing Historic Districts East 10th Street Historic District Queens A B v v A A Manhattan 4 6 1 Brooklyn 2 6 1 293 345 E 10 St Tompkins Square Park ¯ 100 Feet Graphic Source: MapPLUTO, Edition 09v1, 2009. Author: Landmarks Preservation Commission, JM. Date: January 17, 2012.

Landmarks Preservation Commission January 17, 2012, Designation List 451 LP-2492 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On January 17, 2012, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the East 10th Street Historic District (Public Hearing Item No. 1). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Twenty one people spoke in support of designation, including representatives of City Councilmember Rosie Mendez, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, Manhattan Community Board 3, State Senator Daniel L. Squadron, and State Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, as well as the owners of a property within the district and representatives of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, City Lore, East Village Community Coalition, Frie

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