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Gansevoort Market/Far West Village
These images were taken by Village Preservation throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
Posted June 1, 2020
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641-645 Hudson Street (l. to r.), 2003 Gansevoort Market Historic District designation photos
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Posted June 2, 2020
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51-65 Gansevoort Street (r. to l.), October 29, 1936
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Posted June 2, 2020
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61-51 Gansevoort Street and 3-5 Ninth Avenue (l. to r.), early 2000s
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Walking the Meatpacking District With GVSHP’s Historic Image Archive
…1854. Gansevoort Pumphouse at Gansevoort Street and Washington Street. Now the location of the Whitney Museum. From the GVSHP Image Archive. Ca 2000 Read more here about the Gansevoort Market…
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The End of the West Washington Market
…public market. The Gansevoort Market officially opened in 1884 on the enormous paved open-air block between Gansevoort and Little West 12th streets, on the site of the former Fort Gansevoort,…
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‘Seven to Save’: Did It Work?
…Save” fortified our efforts to protect these historic and endangered areas. 2002: GANSEVOORT MARKET The Gansevoort Market Historic District. The Gansevoort Market Historic District is an architecturally and culturally rich…
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Really, Really, Ridiculously Awful (and probably illegal) Billboards
The Gansevoort Street side of the Hotel Gansevoort Billboards (Image via Google) Nine years ago today, on a freezing cold February day (like today), Village Preservation and hundreds of neighbors…
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“Our Village is Star in an Uptown Exhibit” — September 26, 1990
…and dynamic history as a shipping hub, a market district, a font of industrial innovation, and an artist and LGBTQ enclave. Before European settlers colonized the area now called Gansevoort,…
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Accomplishments
…preservationists, were getting public hearings and a vote on the merits from the Commission. Village Preservation helped lead the charge against a proposal for demolition and oversized development on Gansevoort Street in the Gansevoort…
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The Flatirons of the Village and the East Village
…Gansevoort Street, built in 1887 and formerly known as the Goelet Building. 53-61 Gansevoort Street; Berenice Abbott’s photo is left. Made famous by Berenice Abbott’s iconic image, thanks to the…
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What was here before the West Coast (95 Horatio Street)?
…Street), 104-108 Gansevoort Street (aka 533-535 West Street ), 94-98 Gansevoort Street, 90-92 Gansevoort Street, 84-88 Gansevoort Street, 802-816 Washington Street (aka 76-82 Gansevoort Street and 91-95 Horatio Street), 105-107…
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Save Chelsea Market — Hearing tonight, and history
…Market complex and the surrounding Gansevoort Market neighborhood, go to GVSHP’s “Resources” page, click on “designation reports“, then “historic districts”, and go to Gansevoort Market. There you will find links…
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High Line’s Open Views Soon To Disappear
…and fought for the Gansevoort Market Historic District, which stretched from Chelsea Market in the north to Gansevoort and Horatio Streets on the south, from West Street to Hudson Street,…
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The Land of Meatpackers, Then Models, Then Moschino
…sought by GVSHP and its allies for several years under the flag of the Save Gansevoort Market Task Force, meant that buildings on Gansevoort, Little West 12th, 13th, 14th and…
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Landmark Designation Reports
…East Village-Lower East Side Historic District NYC LPC Map Gansevoort Market Historic District Gansevoort Market Historic District NYC LPC Designation Report Gansevoort Market Historic District NYC LPC Map Gansevoort Market…
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Fashion Week Faux Pas
…affixed to the Hotel Gansevoort. Fashion Week Faux Pas – the temporary billboard put up by the Hotel Gansevoort The billboard disappeared almost as quickly as it appeared; apparently the…
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Village Award Winners: Past, Present, and Future
…the 2016 Regina Kellerman Award for Outstanding Work In Preservation was Save Gansevoort, a grassroots organization formed to face a threat to the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Following the long tradition…
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That Hudson River Waterfront
…hear today, and was once given to the only fort ever built in Greenwich Village, Fort Gansevoort, located on the Hudson River in today’s Gansevoort Market / Meatpacking District. Just…
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When Pavement Was Pretty: New York’s Cobblestone Streets
…Gansevoort Street are all paved with historic stones and protected in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. GVSHP successfully proposed that district for landmarking in 2003, and the streets were no…
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2016 Annual Meeting
…Award upon Save Gansevoort, an organization that follows in the long tradition of Greenwich Village activism. Save Gansevoort was formed quickly in response to the threat posed by plans to…
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A Move To Allow New York City To Save Its Landmarks
…sucker for a building that accommodates an awkwardly shaped lot, attesting to both New York’s multi-layered street and development histories. 53-61 Gansevoort is part of the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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Bringing Graham’s 19 Poses to Village Voices’ “Monument to Choice”
…Graham and Merce Cunningham as two luminaries with great impact on our neighborhoods. Just a few blocks away, an interactive installation entitled “A Momument to Choice” resides at Gansevoort Plaza,…
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19 MONUMENTAL POSES: Workshop with Martha Graham Company
…to Choice in Gansevoort Plaza at Little West 12th Street. 38 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014 Accessibility and Seating: Please note that this is a movement workshop held outdoors…
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803-807 Washington Street
APPROVED on 05/10/2011 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Horatio & Gansevoort Streets APPLICATION: Three Greek Revival style rowhouses, built circa 1841 and later altered in 1922 by Charles H. Briggs….
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Neighborhood History
…Movement, 1940-Present 3.5 Greenwich Village LGBTQ History Exploring the Village Trailblazing Women of the Village Bob Dylan Map Neighborhood Surveys Far West Village Tour Historic Gansevoort Market Walking Tour South…
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June is Gay Pride Month
…proposed for designation by GVSHP. These include: Gansevoort Market Historic District Designation Report Designated September, 2003, and nominated by GVSHP’s Save Gansevoort Market project, this report includes the history of…
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…Metamorphosis Photos of Gansevoort Market / Meatpacking District by Brian Rose Wednesday, July 9 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required Washington Square Institute 41 East 11th Street, near University…
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Welcome to the New Whitney
The Whitney Museum of American Art opened its doors at its new location—99 Gansevoort Street—on May 1, 2015. Founded by sculpture and arts patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the museum famous…
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837-843 Washington Street
…the Gansevoort Market Historic District ca. 1940 Tax Photo ca. 1980 Tax Photo 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary – A Strong Start
…of the history of the architecture of the Gansevoort Meat Market. Over fifteen years later, in 2000, we eventually formed the Save Gansevoort Task Force to further research, advocate, and…
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440 West 14th Street
…designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District c. 1940 tax photo, NYC Municipal Archives…
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827 Washington Street
APPROVED on 12/15/2009 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Gansevoort & Little West 12th Streets Application: A neo-Grec style market building designed by Joseph M. Dunn, built in 1880, and altered…
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28 Little West 12th Street
…by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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Landmarks To Hear Troubling Plan For 44-54 Ninth Avenue/351-355 West 14th Street Tomorrow — WRITE TODAY
…Gansevoort Market Historic District. While the plan involves some welcome elements of restoration to these nine highly altered 1840s houses that hug this corner, it also involves demolition of virtually…
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3 Ninth Avenue
APPROVED with modifications 08/11/2020 CB2 hearing: 12/12/2019 CB2 hearing: 01/16/2020 – sign application LPC hearing: 02/04/2020 – no action LPC meeting: 05/08/2020 – laid over LPC meeting: 08/11/2020 Gansevoort Market…
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7 Ninth Avenue
…by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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416-418 West 14th Street
…Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District ca. 1940 Tax Photo 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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27 Ninth Avenue
…Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District 1980 Tax Photo 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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32-36 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 05/04/2010 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Greenwich & Washington Streets Application: A neo-Grec style building designed by James Stroud and built in 1880. Application is to replace storefront…
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420 West 14th Street
…by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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The Village is a Small World
…series of poetry readings on the Gansevoort Pier, which were written about in The New Yorker Magazine. Among those who participated in these readings was Magie Dominic, who will be…
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95 Horatio Street
…by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District 2003 Designation Photo, taken by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District…
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Then & Now on Little West 12th Street
…12th Street in 1989. Photograph by GVSHP. On the other side of the High Line, just outside the Gansevoort Market Historic District, sits two old three-story rowhouses at 53 and…
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Fighting Westway
…No small fight indeed! Elevated West Side Highway at Gansevoort Street circa 1968 photo credit: Steven Zane, Library of Congress The west side of Manhattan has changed many times over…
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McKim, Mead & White on Avenue D
…commissioned Dunn for several projects, including 53-61 Gansevoort Street (built 1887), which is located in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. All in all, Dunn designed seven buildings that are part…
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837 Washington Street – Is the Fifth Time the Charm?
A revised iteration of the proposal to build a towering addition atop the 1938 Moderne-style building at 837 Washington Street in the Gansevoort Market Historic District will be shown today…
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What Was Here Before Bagatelle?
…to a party atmosphere featuring live DJ’s and $15,000 bottles of champagne. 1 Little West 12th Street was built in 1909 and is located in NYC’s Gansevoort Market Historic District….
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The Old New Guy (gal) at GVSHP
Sarah at the LPC hearing for the Gansevoort proposal Happy New Year! Tomorrow will mark my four month anniversary working for GVSHP and it has been a whirlwind! My…
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Chelsea Market
…block between 15th and 16th Streets, 9th and 10th Avenues. In 2003 Village Preservation included Chelsea Market in our proposed Gansevoort Market Historic District (though the City excluded it from…
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421 West 13th Street
APPROVED on 06/21/2011 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Washington & Gansevoort Streets APPLICATION: A neo-Renaissance style warehouse building, designed by Hans E. Meyen and built in 1901-02. Application is to…
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1-3 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 04/05/2011 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Bedford & Bleecker Streets APPLICATION: A neo-Grec style store and loft building, designed by Peter J. Zabriskie, and built in 1887, and…
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Thank You To Our Members — Making 40 Years of Village Preservation Possible
…fire damaged this c.1821 building, sponsoring a study of the Gansevoort Market area in collaboration with Columbia University (which would help lay the foundation for the area’s eventual landmark designation…
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32-36 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 09/21/2010 Gansevoort Market Historic District aka 823-827 Washington Street Application: A neo-Grec style building designed by James Stroud and built in 1880. Application is to install signage and…
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446 West 14th Street
Application was not presented at an LPC public hearing CB2 hearing: 08/01/2011 LPC hearing: 08/09/2011 – laid over LPC hearing TBD Gansevoort Market Historic District Between 10th Avenue & Washington…
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421 West 13th Street
DENIED 09/17/2019 CB2 hearing: 06/17/2019 – laid over CB2 hearing: 07/11/2019 – laid over CB2 hearing: 08/15/2019 LPC hearing: 07/23/2019 – Cancelled LPC hearing: 09/17/2019 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between…
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1-3 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 08/08/2017 CB2 hearing: See below LPC hearing: 08/08/2017 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Gansevoort Street and Ninth Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Application is…
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95 Horatio Street
Approved on 06/05/2012 (amendment to application) Approved on 09/13/2011 (original application) Gansevoort Market Historic District aka 521-531 West Street, 84-88, 90-92 & 94-98 Gansevoort Street, 802-816 Washington Street APPLICATION: Two…
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2-8 Ninth Avenue
APPROVED on 10/18/2011 Gansevoort Market Historic District Corner of Little West 12th Street APPLICATION: A neo-Grec style store and loft building designed by Peter J. Zabriskie and built in 1887….
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44-54 Ninth Avenue
APPROVED on 03/02/2010 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between 14th & 15th Streets Application: A row of Greek Revival style rowhouses built circa 1845-1846 altered to accommodate stores at the ground…
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21-27 Ninth Avenue
APPROVED on 12/08/2009 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Little West 12th & West 13th Streets Application: A row of four Greek Revival style rowhouses, built circa 1844-1846 and altered in…
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How the Elevated Train and the Streetcar Both Began In Greenwich Village
…onto Ninth Avenue at Gansevoort Street, through Gansevoort Plaza in the heart of the Meatpacking District. This was one of the many curves the route of the Ninth Avenue El…
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817 Washington Street
…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Gansevoort Market Historic District Washington Street between Horatio Street and Gansevoort Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2…
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406 West 13th Street
APPROVED 05/04/2021 CB2 hearing: 03/11/202 LPC hearing: 04/06/2021 – No Action LPC meeting: 05/04/2021 – APPROVED Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Washington Street and Ninth Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —-…
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Great NYC Museums Go #BeyondTheVillageAndBack
…Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street The Whitney Museum today The Whitney Museum moved to its new Gansevoort Street home in the West Village in 2011, but it…
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Village Voices 2022 Unveiled, Ongoing through October 30
…installation at 70 Fifth Avenue, and an interactive “Monument to Choice” at Gansevoort Plaza. Scannable QR codes at each location allow you to hear and find out more about the…
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Village Voices Gets Rave Reviews, Ongoing through October 30
…Choice” at Gansevoort Plaza. Scannable QR codes at each location allow you to hear and find out more about the course-of-history-changing people and events connected to these sites. VILLAGE VOICES…
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More Exciting October Programs Highlight Martha Graham, Free Speech Movements, and Macabre Greenwich Village
…October 14, 2022 2 – 4 pm Free, in-person event Register here Location: A Monument to Choice in Gansevoort Plaza at Little West 12th Street (38 Gansevoort Street) Dancers from…
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Updates on 5G Towers: Calls for a Moratorium, New Possible Sites for Towers
…St (just east of West Street) near 108 Gansevoort Street (located just east of West Street) near 93 Gansevoort Street near 113 Jane Street near 820 Greenwich Street near 771…
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The Village, through the lyrics of Taylor Swift
…Line, image courtesy highline.org “Heartbeat on the High Line…” (“Cardigan,” from the album Folklore, 2020) The base of the High Line is firmly situated along Gansevoort Street at the northern…
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Exploring the New York City Backdrops of Sex and the City
…its industrial and gritty roots, the district was emerging as a trendy and stylish neighborhood. Samantha’s fictional apartment at 300 Gansevoort Street embodies the area’s cultural shift. Opting for a…
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Oppose a 5G Tower at 100 Horatio Street
…of Historic Property: Gansevoort Market Historic District, Greenwich Village Historic District, former Devoe Paint Factory Historic Property Address: 110-112 Horatio Street, 95-103 Horatio Street, 92 Horatio Street, 799 Washington Street…
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Celebrating the Impact of the Landmarks Law in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…Avenue Meatmarket, within the Gansevoort Market Historic District, in 2000. From the Susan De Vries Architecture Collection in Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Huge wins for the protection of the…
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415 West 13th Street
APPROVED on 05/17/2011 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Ninth Avenue & Washington Street APPLICATION: A building designed by Thompson Starrett Co. in 1900-01, significantly altered in 2002-03 with renovations to…
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95 Horatio Street
APPROVED 07/12/2012 Gansevoort Market Historic District aka 521-531 West Street, 84-88, 90-92 & 94-98 Gansevoort Street, 802-816 Washington Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A complex…
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22 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 02/14/2012 (Note: this is one of two applications presented at the same time for this structure) Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Ninth Avenue & Washington Street APPLICATION: A neo-Georgian…
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