89-97 Avenue C | Block : 389 | Lot #36

Building Date : 1903
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : Daniel Rosenberg
Original Architect : Alfred R. Badt

Description & Building Alterations

The building on lot 36 is a New Law Tenement, six stories tall and constructed in 1903. It is a corner building, six stories in height and six bays wide on the Sixth Street elevation and eleven bays on the Avenue C facade. It is clad in light colored brick with classically inspired stone ornament at the window crowns and surrounds. Brick pilasters with Corinthian capitals span three through five and there is a modillioned cornice. The storefront has been modernized.

The entire building was rehabilitated by the New York City Housing Authority and was completed in 1986.

Block : 389 / Lot : 036 / Building Date : 1903 / Original Owner : Daniel Rosenberg / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : Alfred R. Badt

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