80 East 10th Street; 71-73 Fourth Avenue; 76-82 East 10th Street | Block : 555 | Lot #7501

Building Date : 2016
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : Nava Partners, LLC
Original Architect : SBLM Architects

Description & Building Alterations

In 2016, a ten-story concrete residential building was approved for construction on this lot, replacing a one-story commercial building. The former building was one of six locations for the Artist’s Club, a gathering place for artists and critics as an epicenter of the post-war New York art world. The Artist’s Club drew the Abstract Expressionist crowd and their creative peers in music, literature, and art. In 1956, Life Magazine photographer James Burke shot a photograph that included this property, showing evidence of three-story townhouses with storefronts on the ground floor.

This was formerly Lot 18.

Block : 555 / Lot : 7501 / Building Date : 2016 / Original Owner : Nava Partners, LLC / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : SBLM Architects

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