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242 East 72nd Street
Building year: 1930
City: New York City
Floor height (above ground): 17
Building usage: Elevator apartments - Fireproof with Stores D6
Histograd local id: 977879
Creation date: 2019-05-17 21:57:42 Modification date: 2025-03-17
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233 E 77th Street, Manhattan
Who built this building? Who was the architect?
233 E 77th Street, Manhattan
Whose face is sculpted multiple times on the facade of the building? Is it Demeter?
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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