72 Second Avenue; 91 East 4th Street | Block : 446 | Lot #1

Building Date : 1928-29
Original Use : Commercial

Original Owner : Sirwin Realty Corp.
Original Architect : Landsman & Smith

Description & Building Alterations

This terra cotta commercial building was erected in 1928-29 for the Industrial National Bank of New York by architects Landsman & Smith. It replaced a six-story brick tenement.

The building is Romanesque Revival with Classical Revival elements. The current facade features a limestone base with Corinthian pilasters separating double-height round-arched openings on the ground floor, a bronze entrance enframement, ornate terra-cotta spandrels and colonettes on the upper stories, a balustrade parapet, and historic metal ground floor windows. The style is nearly Moorish Deco. It is part of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, designated in 2012.

Block : 446 / Lot : 001 / Building Date : 1928-29 / Original Owner : Sirwin Realty Corp. / Original Use : Commercial / Original Architect : Landsman & Smith

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