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Elizabeth Street: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/27/2007 - 7:28am.
March 1912. "Row of tenements, 260 to 268 Elizabeth St., New York, in which a great deal of finishing of clothes is carried on." View full size. 268 Elizabeth Street, in Little Italy, is now a "luxe sweater bar" called Sample; 258 (Kips Bay) is a handbag boutique called Token. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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126 Elizabeth & Statue
Submitted by Sciaccatani on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 6:30pm.
Great photo! When my Grandfather, Calogero Sacco, first arrived from Sciacca, Sicily on Columbus Day 1899, the ship's manifest said he went to live at 126 Elizabeth St. I'm told that building is also still standing with a statue of Madonna del Socorso in the window at street level. Anyone know if that is true, and/or have a photo of the building or statue?
260-268 Elizabeth Street
Submitted by Tucson Tarheel on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 9:50pm.
You really can find out about old building through the New York Times!
1883- Listed as a residence in arrest report
1900 - An alleged gambling house
1901 - Raided by police
1902 - 1908 - It was a marionette theater operated by a Senor Parisi
1910 - It was a saloon owned by Francesco La Barbera that was bombed by the "Black Hand".
No sign of Steve Spinella, though!
Kips Bay
Submitted by Tucson Tarheel on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 9:11pm.
Anyone have any idea what the Kips Bay building was then? Or who Steve Spinella is?
Elizabeth street update photo
Submitted by angvou on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 7:51pm.
I had posted a photo update from the same(ish) vantage point several months back:
[Link]
I want to know what the inside is like!
The entire BLOCK at the extreme left is gone-- a casualty of street widening. I believe that is the middle of Houston Street now.
Fantastic find, I live in this building
Submitted by christosnyc on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 5:18pm.
What a fantastic shot. I live in this building that extends from 260 to 268 Elizabeth Street. Aside from new storefronts and loss of light fixtures, it looks very similar today. The small building on the corner still exists, but but the Kips Bay structure and the building housing the Cafe on the northeast corner of Houston Street are long gone.
I've tried to find a good, historic image of this building for years, but didn't think I'd come across something that also reflects the vibrance of the neighborhood.
[Thanks so much for the info ... a current photo taken from the same vantage would be interesting! - Dave]
Amazing
Submitted by Lucullus on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 5:17pm.
I live on Mott Street. From my living room window is right across the street from that building. When I first saw this picture I wondered exactly where on Elizabeth it was and then I noticed the distinct fire escape. Amazing. It's like riding a time machine.
update
Submitted by angvou on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 6:15am.
I love this building– it's remained very much the same.
The small building at left is Cafe Colonial. I posted an update photo.
Claustrophobic
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 11:45pm.
Seems like a real fire hazard.
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