313-327 East 13th Street | Block : 455 | Lot #52

Building Date : 1970
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
Original Architect : Pruyn Bergren & Associates

Description & Building Alterations

A fourteen-story apartment building, demolished in 2018, was the third building to occupy this lot. According to the Office for Metropolitan History, it was designed by architect Pryun Bergen & Associates and erected by the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1970. The building was clad in brown and tan brick, and had an off-center tower on the west side next to the two westernmost bays. Previously, a four-story tenement building sat on the site until 1961, after which it was replaced by a six-story apartment building.

Block : 455 / Lot : 052 / Building Date : 1970 / Original Owner : New York Eye & Ear Infirmary / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : Pruyn Bergren & Associates

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