88 perry street - welcome to nyc.gov | city of new york april...2016/04/15 · 88 perry street c a...

88 Perry Street

April 18, 2016Manhattan Community Board 2

Tile Mural LegalizationPresented by Harris Smith, AIA

88 Perry StreetCrown Architecture and Consulting, DPC212.888.8334 - [email protected] 1


• “ThePerryStreetcornerwasbuiltin1866-68asaninvestmentoftheplumbingfirm,Brien&Adams,usingdesignsofthewell-knownarchitect,R.G.Hatfield.Thesetwinapartmenthouses,fivestorieshigh,arebuiltofbrickinthevernacularoftheperiod.Theyhavesquare-headedwindowswithflushlintels,andtheroofcornicesaredecoratedwithmodillions,asarethecornicesoverthestores.”

- Text Excerpts from the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, Volume 2

Introduction • LPC Report 381 & 383 Bleecker Street (88 Perry Street)

1940sTaxPhotoLPCDesignationPhoto


Introduction • 88 Perry Mural Tile Mural in the Wall• “Priorto1972,thenorthwallof88Perrywasadrabbrickwallreflectingthebuilding’stenementstatus.

Whenthebuildingwasrenovatedin1972,theownercommissionedFábricaMensaqueRodríguezyCompañia,aworldrenownedartisanmakerof“azulejo”tilesfromSeville,Spaintocreatethetilemuralfortherecessedareainthewall.Sincethen,thisworkofarthasbeenanessentialcomponentoftheneighborhood’sbeauty,character,andcharm.Ithasbeenwidelyphotographedbylocalsaswellaspassingtourists,andithasbecomeabelovedlocallandmark.”

- Text Excerpts from “Help Save the Tile Mural at 88 Perry Street” on Ipetitions

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/88-perry-street-mural

Previous Building OwnerManuel Jimenez

• Purchased88PerryStreetonFeburary3,1970,approximately9monthsafterLPCdesignationoftheGreenwichVillageHistoricDistrictonApril29,1969

• OpenedaSpanishantiquestorecalled“ElRastro”,namedafterthemarketinMadrid.


Introduction • Tile History The Azulejo Tile and ManufacturersThe Tile

• “Azulejo”isawordusedinSpainandPortugaltodesignateaglazedtile:aterracottatilecoveredwithanopaqueglazing.

• ThiswordcomesfromArabic“alzulaycha”thatmeanslittlepolishedstone.TheideawasfirsttoreproducetheGreco-RomanmosaicsfromtheMiddleEastorNorthAfrica,notbyassemblingsmallpiecesofpolishedmarble(“tesserae”),butfragmentsofcolouredglazedtiles.

• Theyhavebeenfrequentlyusedinthesecountriessincethe13thcenturytocoveranddecoratewalls,fountains,pavements,ceilings,vaults,baths,orfireplaces.

- Text Excerpts from Azulejos.fr

The Manufacturer - Fábrica Mensaque Rodríguez y Cía

• Foundedin1917byEnriqueMensaqueBéjar,ManuelRodríguezAlonsoandTadeoSolerNavarro.

• Itproducedmaterialsforconstruction,withAntonioHermosa,aceramicartistspecializinginazulejosforreligiousandprivatework,asoneoftheirmajorclients.

• ThecompanyclosedinDecemberof2006.

- Text Excerpts from Retablo Ceramicohttp://www.retabloceramico.net/bio2_mensaquerodriguezycia.htm


Introduction • Historical Background Little Spain in New York City• “ManySpanishimmigrantsdisembarkedinNewYorkdocksduringthe

NineteenthandTwentiethcenturies.ThelargestSpanishenclavesinNewYorkwasreferredtoasLittleSpain.ThiscolonyextendedfromChristopherStreetto23rdStreet,alongtheHudsonRiver,andincludedmorethan15,000Spaniards,andtheirSpanish-Americanchildrenandgrandchildren.RestaurantslikeLaBilbaina,clothingstoreslikeLaIberia,andSpanishimportingshopslikeCasaMoneosuppliedalltheSpaniardsofthecity.ThecolonyalsoincludedoneoftheoldestSpanishparishesinNewYork,knownasOurLadyofGuadalupe.”

- Text Excerpts from La Nacional Spanish Benevolent Society

http://lanacional.org/

• “LittleSpainbegantosignificantlydeclineinthe1970sand‘80s.Inthe1990s,thenumberofSpanish-speakingparishionersofOurLadyofGuadalupebegantoswell--butmostofthenewparishionerswerefromMexico,notfromSpain.AnothersignofLittleSpain’sdeclinetookplacein2007,whenLiberiaLectorum,describedbytheDailyNewsas‘thecity’soldestandlargestSpanish-languagebookstore,’closeddown.”

- Text Excerpts from NY Presshttp://www.nypress.com/local-news/

20151210/the-fall-of-chelsea8217s-little-spain

ThismuralrepresentsaremainingvestigeoftheSpanishculturalpresenceintheVillage.

PeopleofLittleSpain


• AfterWorldWarI,therowhousesandtenementsofthehistoricdistrictextensionbegantobetransformedaspartofasignificantVillage-widetrendofrehabilitationandmodernization.

• Theincreaseddemandformiddle-classhousingledtodevelopersundertakinginteriorandexterioralterationstorowhousesandtenements.

• Developersbegantomakesignificantalterationstotheexteriorofindividualbuildingsandgroupsofbuildingsthatreflectedthepopularimageofbohemia.

• Newarchitecturalfeaturesintroducedincludedthestudiowindow,stuccocladding,Spanishtiles,arttiles,decorativeironwork,multi-panecasementwindows,randombrick-orstonework,andfancifulornament.

• Theinfluenceofarchitecturalstylesthatwerepopularatthetime,includingtheColonialRevival,ArtsandCrafts,andMediterraneanRevival,isevidentintheaestheticofmanyoftheserenovations.

- Text Excerpts from the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II Designation Report, June 22, 2010

Introduction • Greenwich Village

Alterations in the 20th Century

116-120PerryStreet 11CorneliaStreet

285-289West12thStreet 51&55GreenwichAvenue

39GroveStreet 6-28East8thStreet


116-120 Perry Street

• “ThethreebuildingsalldatefromearlyintheNineteenthCentury,butwerecompletelyremodeledandstuccoedin1928byFerdinandSavignano,whodidanumberofalterationsintheVillageatthistime.StylisticallytheybelongtotheperiodoftherevivalofinterestinSpanishcolonialarchitecture.Withtheirround-archedentrances,overhangingtileroofscorbeledoutabovethetopstorywindows,andsteppedparapetspiercedbyarcadesatNos.116and118,theylendapicturesqueappearancetothestreet.”


Precedents • Historical Precedent Picturesque Alterations in Greenwich Village


Precedents • Historical Precedent

11 Cornelia Street

• Builtin1876,itwasconvertedin1928intotheSevilleStudios

• ArchitectJamesGallowaystuccoedthefirststoryandbasementfacadeandcrownedthislevelwithaSpanishtileroof

• Majoropeningswerehighlightedwithredbrick

Picturesque Alterations in Greenwich Village

- Text Excerpts from The Row House Reborn, Andrew Scott Dolkart



51 & 55 Greenwich Avenue

• 55GreenwichAvenue-builtin1848-49,andalteredin1899

• Theroofwasraised,wallswerestuccoed,andthesteeptilepseudoroofswereadded,includingacornertowereffectwithlow-angledtileroof

• 51GreenwichAvenue-builtin1848

• Thebuildingiscrownedbyalittle,projectedroofcarriedonend-brackets,echoingtherooftreatmentof55Greenwich

285-289 West 12th Street

• 285-287West12thStreet-twoseparatebuildingserectedin1841,andwerecombinedin1928

• Providedwithacommonentrancedoorway,shieldedbyatilehood.Thelargetopfloorcasementwindows,underanoverhangingtileroof,belongtothesameperiod.

• 289West12thStreet-builtinthesameyearasNos.285-287,thehousewasalteredatthesametimeasitsneighbor.Overhangingtileroofsabovethefirstandfourthfloorwindowsprovideadecorativeaccent.




39 Grove Street

• Afour-storyhousewithbasemententranceextensivelyremodeledin1926byRobertGottlieb,withastuccofrontinsetwithcoloredtiles

• Roundarcheswerecreatedabovethesquare-headedwindows,withtilesinthetympani






6-28 East 8th Street & Washington Mews

• ThebuildingsonEast8thStreetandtheNorthsideofWashingtonMewswereremodeled1916byMaynicke&Franke.

• Thefacadesofthesebuildingsweredecoratedwithindividualandgroupsoftiles.TheentrancefoyersofthebuildingsonEighthStreetalsohadtilework.

• ThetilesweremanufacturedbytheMoravianPotteryandTileWorksofDoylestown,PA,foundedbyHenryMercer.

- Text Excerpts from the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, Volume 2 and Google Sites




Hess Estate

Hess Estate

• Inthe1910s,usingthepowerofeminentdomain,thecitydemolishedhundredsofbuildingsinGreenwichVillage,takinglandtocutanewavenue,SeventhAve.South,throughtheVillageandextendtheI.R.T.subway.Underthelaw,thecityhadtherighttopaylandownersfairvalueforpropertytakenandusedforthepublicgood.

• NewYorkCitytookownershipofaManhattanapartmentbuildingbelongingtoDavidHess.Thebuildingwastorndown,andhewasleftatriangleshapedpieceofproperty.

• ItwasleftinthemiddleofthesidewalkandcalledtheHess’striangle,withatilemosaicthatreads:“PropertyoftheHessEstateWhichHasNeverBeenDedicatedForPublicPurposes.”

- Text Excerpts from The Villager, Volume 81, Number 10http://thevillager.com/villager_432/tilesunderfoot.html


190 Bowery & Tiles for AmericaPrecedents • Contemporary Precedent

190 Bowery

• Asix-story,72-roombuildingatthecornerofBoweryandSpringthathasservedasagiantoutdoorcanvasforgraffitiwritersandstreetartistsfordecades

• OnMay2015,theNewYorkCityLandmarksPreservationCommissionapprovedaproposalforrestorationworktothebuilding,andpraisedretentionofthegraffitiasan“interestingshowofart”.

- Text Excerpts from Animal New York and New York Yimbyhttp://animalnewyork.com/2015/buff-graffiti-mansion-190-bowery-begun/

http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/05/landmarks-approves-restoration-and-conversion-of-190-bowery-with-graffiti.html

Tiles for America

• FoundedbyceramicstudiosaroundtheworldafterSeptember11,2001,toofferacreativeoutlet.

• Thousandsoftiles,reflectingpatriotism,heroes,courage,unity,poetry,andotherpositivethemesarrivedinthecity.

• The“artists”arerepresentedworldwideandhavebeenfamilies,children,schools,churches,scouts,andseniorgroups.

• ThefirstNewYorkmemorialislocatedonachainlinkfenceatthecornerof7thAvenueand11thStreet.ThesecondisattheTributeWTCCenteronthesouthsideofGroundZero.

- Text Excerpts from Tiles for America http://www.tilesforamerica.com/


Resources

Pages 2, 7, 9, 10, 11• http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/GREENWICH_VILLAGE_HISTORIC_

DISTRICT_-_VOLUME_2.pdf

Page 3• http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/88-perry-street-mural• http://iconswanted.blogspot.com/2011/11/mysterious-door-on-bleecker-and-perry.html• http://vogelfuneralhomes.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/1126913/Jimenez-Manuel/obituary.

php

Page 4• http://azulejos.fr/index_en.html• http://www.golisbon.com/culture/azulejos.html• http://www.retabloceramico.net/bio2_mensaquerodriguezycia.htm• http://www.hispalceramica.com/blog/hoy-toca-un-poco-de-historia-mensaque-rodriguez-y-cia/

Page 5• http://lanacional.org/centro-espanol-nyc-spanish-benevolent-society-history/• http://www.nypress.com/local-news/20151210/the-fall-of-chelsea8217s-little-spain• http://www.elviajerofisgon.com/magazine/la-pequena-espana-de-nueva-york-que-seguro-que-

desconocias/

Page 6• http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/GVHDExtII_Report.pdf

Page 8• TheRowHouseReborn,AndrewScottDolkart• http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21249922• http://therealdeal.com/2013/12/04/douglaston-affiliate-goes-european-on-cornelia-street-rentals/

Page 10• http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/109075-eating-their-catch-by-the-fishing-gourmands/

page-11

Page 11• https://sites.google.com/site/historictileinstallationsn/ny_manhattan--6-28-west-8th-street-and-

washington-mews-moravian-tiles

Page 12• http://thevillager.com/villager_432/tilesunderfoot.html• https://phiffer.org/photos/property-of-the-hess-estate/

Page 13• http://animalnewyork.com/2015/buff-graffiti-mansion-190-bowery-begun/• http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/05/landmarks-approves-restoration-and-conversion-of-190-bowery-

with-graffiti.html• http://www.tilesforamerica.com/

88 perry street - welcome to nyc.gov | city of new york april...2016/04/15 · 88 perry street c a...

Documents