20-24 Second Avenue; 30-32 East 1st Street | Block : 443 | Lot #1

Building Date : 2016
Original Use : Residential/Commercial

Original Owner : 24 Second Avenue Owner, LLC
Original Architect : RSVP Architecture Studio

Description & Building Alterations

In 2016, plans were filed for a new 10-story mixed use building designed by RSVP Architecture Studio. The new building replaced a gas station that was constructed in 1959. The gas station replaced a six-story bath house erected in 1895 and a five-story tenement built in 1869 (on former Lot 62).

Block : 443 / Lot : 001 / Building Date : 2016 / Original Owner : 24 Second Avenue Owner, LLC / Original Use : Residential/Commercial / Original Architect : RSVP Architecture Studio

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