The New York City Landmarks Commission proposed Tuesday an extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District.
The extension is not far from a smaller district it proposed the same day for Weehawken Street that runs for one block north of Christopher Street near West Street. No dates were scheduled yet for hearings.
A controversial rezoning of the Far West Village is currently being considered by the City Planning Commission.
The extension proposal consists of 36 buildings on the three blocks between Christopher, Perry, Greenwich and Washington Streets.
Seven of the buildings date to the period of 1820-1850 when Greenwich Village began to be developed and these include Federal-style houses from 1829 at 651-5 Washington Street. Thirteen of the buildings date from the period after the Civil War when the demographics of Greenwich Village began to change as many middle-class families moved uptown and "less well-to-do immigrants moved in, resulting in the conversion of single-family houses into multiple dwellings and the construction of new tenements and apartments," the report noted. As examples of this period, the report cited the Italianate-style tenements at 661 Washington Street of 1885 by Joseph Dunn and 659 Washington Street of 1886 by A. B. Ogden & Son and the early purpose-built neo-Grec-style apartments at 159-162 Christopher Street of 1880 by the noted architect John B. Snook, and the handsomely detailed neo-Grec-style apartment building at 128 Charles Street of 1881 by William Jose.
Three of the most notable buildings in the proposed extension include the Queen Anne-style Public School 107 of 1886 by D. J. Stagg, the Gothic Revival-style St. Veronica?s Roman Catholic Church of 1890 by John J. Deery, and the Beaux Arts-style former police station at 135 Charles Street of 1897 by John DuFais.
Warehouses began to be constructed near the Hudson River on in the late 19th Century and the proposed extension includes the Romanesque Revival-style stables at 704-6 Greenwich Street of 1893 by Julius Munckwirz and the 129 Charles Street structure of 1897 by Henry Andersen and the imposing Romanesque Revival-style warehouses at 277 West 10th Street of 1896 by Marin V. B. Ferdon, 726-736 Greenwich Street of 1898 by Gilbert Schellenger and its annex at 720 Greenwich Street of 1902 by James B. Baker.
The report also cited the factory and stable for the Fleishmann Company that were designed in the neo-classical-style by Arthur Duncan, 695-7 Washington Street of 1910 and 140-4 Perry Street of 1909.
The extension is not far from a smaller district it proposed the same day for Weehawken Street that runs for one block north of Christopher Street near West Street. No dates were scheduled yet for hearings.
A controversial rezoning of the Far West Village is currently being considered by the City Planning Commission.
The extension proposal consists of 36 buildings on the three blocks between Christopher, Perry, Greenwich and Washington Streets.
Seven of the buildings date to the period of 1820-1850 when Greenwich Village began to be developed and these include Federal-style houses from 1829 at 651-5 Washington Street. Thirteen of the buildings date from the period after the Civil War when the demographics of Greenwich Village began to change as many middle-class families moved uptown and "less well-to-do immigrants moved in, resulting in the conversion of single-family houses into multiple dwellings and the construction of new tenements and apartments," the report noted. As examples of this period, the report cited the Italianate-style tenements at 661 Washington Street of 1885 by Joseph Dunn and 659 Washington Street of 1886 by A. B. Ogden & Son and the early purpose-built neo-Grec-style apartments at 159-162 Christopher Street of 1880 by the noted architect John B. Snook, and the handsomely detailed neo-Grec-style apartment building at 128 Charles Street of 1881 by William Jose.
Three of the most notable buildings in the proposed extension include the Queen Anne-style Public School 107 of 1886 by D. J. Stagg, the Gothic Revival-style St. Veronica?s Roman Catholic Church of 1890 by John J. Deery, and the Beaux Arts-style former police station at 135 Charles Street of 1897 by John DuFais.
Warehouses began to be constructed near the Hudson River on in the late 19th Century and the proposed extension includes the Romanesque Revival-style stables at 704-6 Greenwich Street of 1893 by Julius Munckwirz and the 129 Charles Street structure of 1897 by Henry Andersen and the imposing Romanesque Revival-style warehouses at 277 West 10th Street of 1896 by Marin V. B. Ferdon, 726-736 Greenwich Street of 1898 by Gilbert Schellenger and its annex at 720 Greenwich Street of 1902 by James B. Baker.
The report also cited the factory and stable for the Fleishmann Company that were designed in the neo-classical-style by Arthur Duncan, 695-7 Washington Street of 1910 and 140-4 Perry Street of 1909.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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