Poroposed East 10th Street Historic District

BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN

The proposed East 10th Street Historic District comprises 26 buildings on the north side of East 10th Street extending along the northern edge of Tompkins Square Park between Avenues A and B.

The opening of Tompkins Square in 1834 led many to speculate that the surrounding blocks would soon be filled with elegant dwellings similar to those that already lined portions of nearby St. Marks Place. By the 1840s several of the parcels on the western half of the block had been improved with stately row houses standing four full stories above raised basements.

The design of at least five of these can be attributed to Joseph Trench, the noted architect also responsible for the A.T. Stewart Department Store and the Odd Fellows Hall (both designated New York City Landmarks). Trench is credited with helping to introduce the Italianate style of architecture to the United States and the remaining original ornament on these houses is perhaps amongst the earliest surviving application of that style to residential buildings in the city.

The fashionable heyday of the Tompkins Square area was short lived. By the 1850s immigrants from Germany and Ireland began to settle in the neighborhood as wealthier residents moved farther uptown. The formerly single-family residences were soon converted into multiple dwellings or boardinghouses and the remaining vacant lots on the block were developed with purpose-built tenements designed to house several families.

In addition to early row houses and tenements, the proposed district also includes the Tompkins Square Branch of the New York Public Library, a designated New York City Landmark. Erected in 1904, it was one of the first Carnegie libraries in the city.

The entire 19th- and 20th-century history of the East Village is reflected in the buildings of the proposed East 10th Street Historic District, from its early development as a fashionable residential community comprised of elegant dwellings to its subsequent transformation into an immigrant neighborhood filled with purpose-built tenements and converted row houses. The attribution of several of the earliest residences to noted architect Joseph Trench further enhances the significance of these buildings.

PROPOSED EAST VILLAGE/LOWER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT

BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN

The proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 2nd Street, extending westerly across Second Avenue and continuing westerly along the northern curb line of East 2nd Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western side wall of 26 East 2nd Street, northerly along the western side wall of 26 East 2nd Street, easterly along the northern property line of 26 East 2nd Street and a portion of the northern property line of 28 East 2nd Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 28 East 2nd Street, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 28 East 2nd Street and the northern property lines of 30 to 36 East 2nd Street to the western curb line of Second Avenue, northerly along the western curb line of Second Avenue to its intersection with a line extending easterly from the southern property line of 43 Second Avenue, westerly along the southern property line of 43 Second Avenue, northerly along the western property lines of 43 to 45-47 Second Avenue, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 30 East 3rd Street to the northern curb line of East 3rd Street, westerly along the southern curb line of East 3rd Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western property line of 7 East 3rd Street, northerly along the western property line of 7 East 3rd Street, westerly along the southern property line of 56 East 4th Street and a portion of the southern property line of 54 East 4th Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 54 East 7th Street, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 54 East 7th Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 54 East 7th Street to the northern curb line of East 4th Street, easterly along the northern curb line of East 4th Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western property line of 57 East 4th Street, northerly along the western property line of 57 East 4th Street, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 210-214 East 5th Street, northerly along the western property line of 210-214 East 5th Street to the northern curb line of East 5th Street, westerly along the northern curb line of East 5th Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western property line of 207 East 5th Street, northerly along the western property line of 207 East 5th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 207 to 223 East 5th Street and a portion of the northern property line of 225 East 5th Street, northerly along the western property line of 226 East 6th Street to the southern curb line of East 6th Street, easterly along the southern curb line of East 6th Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western property line of 103 Second Avenue (aka 239 East 6th Street), northerly along the western property lines of 103 Second Avenue (aka 239 East 6th Street) and 105 Second Avenue and a portion of the western property line of 107-113 Second Avenue, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 107-113 Second Avenue, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 107-113 Second Avenue and the western property line of 46 East 7th Street to the northern curb line of East 7th Street, westerly along the northern property line of East 7th Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western property line of 11 East 7th Street, northerly along the western property line of 11 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 11 to 39 East 7th Street and a portion of the northern property line of 41-43 East 7th Street, northerly along western property line of 125 Second Avenue, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 125 Second Avenue, northerly along the western property lines of 127 Second Avenue to 131 Second Avenue (aka 36 St. Marks Place) to the southern curb line of St. Marks Place, easterly along the southern curb line of St. Marks Place, southerly along the western curb line of Second Avenue to the southwest corner of Second Avenue and East 7th Street, easterly along the southern curb line of East 7th Street to its intersection with a line extending southerly from the western property line of 49 East 7th Street, northerly along the western property line of 49 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property line of 49 East 7th Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 51 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 51 to 65 East 7th Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 65 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 67 to 69 East 7th Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 71 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 71 to 73-75 East 7th Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 73-75 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property line of 77 East 7th Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 79 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 79 to 85 East 7th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 85 East 7th Street to the northern curb line of East 7th Street, westerly along the northern curb line of East 7th Street to its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 84 East 7th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 84 East 7th Street, westerly along the southern property line of 84 East 7th Street, southerly along portions of the eastern property lines of 82 East 7th Street and 341 East 6th Street, easterly along the northern property line of 99 First Avenue (aka 343-347 East 6th Street) to the western curb line of First Avenue, southerly along the Western curb line of First Avenue to its intersection with a line extending westerly from the northern property line of 100 First Avenue (aka 401-403 East 6th Street), easterly along the northern property line of 100 First Avenue (aka 401-403 East 6th Street), northerly along portions of the western property lines of 405 East 6th Street and 92 East 7th Street, westerly along the southern property line of 112 First Avenue to the eastern curb line of First Avenue, northerly along the eastern curb line of First Avenue to its intersection with a line extending westerly from the northern property line of 122 First Avenue, easterly along the northern property line 122 First Avenue, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 95 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 95 to 109 East 7th Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 109 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property line of 111-115 East 7th Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property ling of 117-119 East 7th Street, easterly the northern property lines of 117-119 to 129 East 7th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 129 East 7th Street to the northern curb line of East 7th Street, westerly along the northern curb line of East 7th Street to its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 122 East 7th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 122 East 7th Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 439 to 441 East 6th Street and 101 Avenue A to the western curb line of Avenue A, southerly along the western curb line of Avenue A to the northern curb line of East 6th Street, westerly along the northern curb line of East 6th Street to its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 340 East 6th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 340 East 6th Street, westerly along the southern property lines of 340 to 306-308 East 6th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 92-94 Second Avenue, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 92-94 Second Avenue, southerly along the eastern property line of 88-90 Second Avenue (aka 301 East 5th Street) to the southern curb line of East 5th Street, easterly along the southern curb line of East 5th Street to its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 86 Second Avenue (aka 300 East 5th Street), southerly along the eastern property lines of 86 Second Avenue (aka 300 East 5th Street) to 72 Second Avenue (aka 91 East 4th Street) to the northern curb line of East 4th Street, westerly along the northern curb line of East 4th Street to its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 68-70 Second Avenue (aka 86 East 4th Street), southerly along the eastern property lines of 68-70 Second Avenue (aka 86 East 4th Street) to 64 Second Avenue, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 60-62 Second Avenue, southerly along the eastern property line of 60-62 Second Avenue, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 51-55 East 3rd Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 51-55 East 3rd Street, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 51-55 East 3rd Street and the northern property line of 57 East 3rd Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 57 East 3rd Street to the southern curb line of East 3rd Street, easterly along said curb line to a point on a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 64 East 3rd Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 64 East 3rd Street, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 52-74 East 2nd Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 52-74 East 2nd Street, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 52-74 East 2nd Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 80 East 2nd Street to the northern curb line of East 2nd Street, westerly along said curb line to a point on a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 77 East 2nd Street, southerly along said line and the eastern property line of 77 East 2nd Street, westerly along the southern property lines of 77 and 75 East 2nd Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 67-69 East 2nd Street, westerly along the southern property lines of 67-69 and 59-63 East 2nd Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 59-63 East 2nd Street, westerly along the southern property line of 47-55 East 2nd Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 43-45 East 2nd Street (aka 32-34 Second Avenue), westerly along the southern property line of 43-45 East 2nd Street to the eastern curb line of Second Avenue, northerly along said curb line, easterly along the southern curb line of East 2nd Street to a point on a line extending southerly from the western property line of 52-74 East 2nd Street, northerly along said line and the western property line of 52-74 East 2nd Street, westerly along the southern property lines of 54-56 and 50-52 East 3rd Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 50-52 East 3rd Street, westerly along the southern property lines of 48 through 40-42 East 2nd Street (aka 50-52 Second Avenue) to the eastern curb line of Second Avenue, and southerly along said curb line to the point or place of beginning.

Second Avenue and Sixth Street, part of a proposed historic district in the East Village. Houses of worship worry that the district will be a burden.