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242 East 79th Street, New York City  📌  Year: 1930   (79)   Streets of New York City  Random discovery !

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242 East 79th Street

Building year: 1930

City: New York City

Floor height (above ground): 4

Building usage: Walk up apartments - Over Six Families with Stores C7

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Histograd local id: 334997

Creation date: 2019-05-17 00:30:50 Modification date: 2025-03-17

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Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, founded in 1982, is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the architectural legacy, livability, and sense of place of the Upper East Side. friends-ues.org/

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233 E 77th Street, Manhattan

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233 E 77th Street, Manhattan

Whose face is sculpted multiple times on the facade of the building? Is it Demeter?

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229 E 81st Street, Manhattan

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1494 2nd Avenue BMH Realty 1494 2nd AVE

My grandfather Benjamin Blum and his brothers bought this building in 1920. They lived on First Avenue but owned a few other properties under their corporate name, BMH Realty. When their oldest brother arrived in America with his family he opened a dry goods store and lived in the apartment over the store.

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Historical score:90

Localisation: New York City, NYC New York State, USA

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To find former residents of this place, visit the directory New York City Directories (1815-1931) on NYPL Digital collection

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