tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post3262285634161775393..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Remembrance of 300 Grand StreetBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-70001072732098549202015-04-01T21:22:01.322-07:002015-04-01T21:22:01.322-07:00ANY of these small 2.5 floor houses with pitched r...ANY of these small 2.5 floor houses with pitched roof and dormer windows you see in the city predates the civil war by at least 20 years. Most of them date to the 1820's - 30's! There are quite a few on this stretch of grand although a few have had the roofs squared off. there are also a few left on the bowery between grand and broome but unfortunately they are up for sale as "development sites" so see them while you can.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16267817997150346102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-63471661995824671252011-08-31T10:12:56.367-07:002011-08-31T10:12:56.367-07:00This area was quite the Hatter district back in th...This area was quite the Hatter district back in the early 1800's, and these Federal-style row houses are rare and historic today though only a few remain. Another survives around the corner at 140 Bowery:<br /> http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/03/realestate/streetscapes-readers-questions-picturesque-neo-medievals-and-graybar-murals.html?pagewanted=2bowery boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-16509729729612602602011-08-28T17:30:06.173-07:002011-08-28T17:30:06.173-07:00The ManhattanUnlocked post says they date from the...The ManhattanUnlocked post says they date from the 1830s, or earlier, due to the presence of the dormer windows, which they claim went out about 1840.<br /><br />http://manhattanunlocked.blogspot.com/2011/02/298-grand-street-then-and-now.html<br /><br />That would place them earlier than the civil war, which is what I was told about such buildings.Mitchnoreply@blogger.com