Manhattan’s Chinatown is the oldest of nine Chinese neighborhoods in New York City. It is the largest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere.
Wikipedia: Chinatown, Manhattan
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| 1 Division Street | NYC Chinatown: 1 Division Street is apartments over stores on the corner of Catherine Street, with iron balconies; a Chinese flag flies from the roof. | 1 Division St., 1 Division Street, 3 Catherine St., 3 Catherine Street, America, China Square, Chinatown, Chinese flag, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cast stone, cityscape, exterior, fire escapes, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, iron balconies, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban |
| 1 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: 1 Eldridge Street is a brick mixed-use building, apartments over a two-story commercial podium. | 1 Eldridge St., 1 Eldridge Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese signs, Chinese-language signs, Eldridge Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, balconies, black stripes, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, graffiti, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, modern, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 1 Elizabeth Street | NYC Chinatown: Elaborate terra cotta dresses windows, entrance and cornice of a red brick walk-up apartment building over Chinese restaurant. | 1 Elizabeth St., 1 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese restaurant, Chinese signage, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Star of David, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, elaborate cornice, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, red, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 100 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 100 East Broadway, a predominantly glass commercial tower designed by Studio C Architects, was completed in 2017. | 100 E Broadway, 100 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Studio C Architects, architecture, bright, building, cityscape, commercial, condo, condominium, curtain wall, exterior, glass, ground floor retail, high-rise, metal panels, metropolitan, office building, offices, reflections, reflective, skyscraper, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, tower, urban, urgent care, vertical |
| 100 Hester Street | NYC Chinatown: 100 Hester Street, aka 36 Forsyth Street, holds three schools and a YMCA community center within its curved brick and concrete walls. | 100 Hester St., 100 Hester Street, 36 Forsyth St., 36 Forsyth Street, America, Chinatown, Department of Education, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Intermediate School, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School, Emma Lazarus High School, Empire State, IS 131, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Pace High School, YMCA, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, civic, community center, concrete block, curved façade, exterior, fenced, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, red, ribbon windows, streetscape, sunny, urban, white |
| 101 Baxter Street | NYC Chinatown: The Chinatown Information Kiosk is on the triangular traffic island/plaza where Canal, Walker, and Baxter Streets intersect. | 101 Baxter St., 101 Baxter Street, America, Asian, Baxter Street, Canal Street, Chinatown, Chinatown Information Kiosk, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Walker Street, architecture, attraction, building, cityscape, dragon, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, horizontal, information, information booth, metropolitan, morning, park, peace, plaza, public, red, streetscape, tourist destination, tourist information, triangle, urban, visitor information |
| 101 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: 101 Bowery, built in 1875, has stone quoins and window surrounds on its upper floors; classified an SRO (Single Room Occupancy) hotel. | 101 Bowery, 1875, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New World Hotel, New York, New York City, New York County, SRO, Single Room Occupancy, accommodations, architecture, budget accommodations, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, flaking paint, hotel, lodging, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, painted, stone, stone lintels, stone quoins, stone window surrounds, streetscape, travel accommodations, travel lodging, traveler accommodations, urban, vertical |
| 10-14 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: Shops at the foot of The Bowery, just off the tourist-beaten path of Doyer Street, but still distinctively Chinese. | 10-14 Bowery, America, Asian, Bowery, Chinatown, Chinese pedestrians, Chinese shops, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, cloudy, earth tones, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, mixed-use, morning, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 103 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A run-down loft building on East Broadway, with apartments above store; Chinese sign, Chinese man seated, smoking. | 103 E Broadway, 103 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, adaptive reuse, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass blocks, graffiti, loft building, lofts, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, residential, seated man, smoking, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 105 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: 105 Henry Street/19 Pike Street is a six-story red brick apartment building with stores, richly decorated in white terra cotta. | 105 Henry St., 105 Henry Street, 19 Pike St., 19 Pike Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 109 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites, above Chinese supermarket, one of the modern buildings replacing century-old tenements. | 109 E Broadway, 109 East Broadway, 95 Henry St., 95 Henry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese supermarket, East Broadway, Empire State, Fairfield Inn & Suites, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Marriott, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, accommodations, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, horizontal, hotel, lodging, low-rise, metropolitan, modern, morning, store, streetscape, tourist destination, travel accommodations, travel lodging, traveler accommodations, urban |
| 11 Division Street | NYC Chinatown: A 1910 brick store building, with pagoda-style tile cornice, houses Chinese restaurant and social club below U.S. and Chinese flags. | 11 Division St., 11 Division Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese flag, Chinese restaurant, Chinese signage, Division Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Tsung-Sun Social Club, U.S., U.S. flag, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, painted, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tile cornice, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 110 Lafayette Street | NYC Chinatown: Hardware Building, a brick-and-stone commercial loft building, designed by Schwartz & Gross with B.N. Marcus in 1907. | 110 Lafayette St., 110 Lafayette Street, 1908, America, Asian, B.N. Marcus, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, Hardware Building, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Schwartz & Gross, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, lofts, masonry, metropolitan, morning, office building, offices, stone, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 111-113 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: 111 and 113 Henry Street, five-story walk-up apartment buildings of brick and terra cotta; 111 has replaced its cornice with a parapet. | 111 Henry St., 111 Henry Street, 113 Henry St., 113 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escapes, flats, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, parapet, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, walk-up |
| 11-13 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: 11 and 13 Eldridge Street are a pair of six-story painted brick walk-up apartment buildings with stamped-metal cornices, built in 1921. | 11-13 Eldridge St., 11-13 Eldridge Street, 1921, America, Chinatown, Eldridge Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 116 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: 116 Mott Street, a six-story walk-up apartment building, has a rounded corner and white terra cotta details on its orange brick façade. | 116 Mott St., 116 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, curved corner, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, renovated, residences, residential, rounded corner, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 12 Oliver Street | Historic Oliver Street Baptist Church, aka Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church, closed during repair of crumbling 1845 façade. | 12 Oliver St., 12 Oliver Street, 1845, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Greek Revival, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church, Minard Lafever, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Oliver Street Baptist Church, architecture, brownstone, building, church, cityscape, crumbling façade, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, metropolitan, morning, religious, repairs, scaffold, sidewalk shed, streetscape, tourist destination, under repair, urban |
| 120 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: This commercial loft building on East Broadway appears vacant, its street-level stores all shuttered by steel roll-up security gates. | 120 E Broadway, 120 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, building, cast iron columns, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass blocks, ground floor retail, lofts, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, office building, offices, red, roll-up gates, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tan, tourist destination, urban, vacant, vertical |
| 124 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: Landmark Bowery Savings Bank’s main entrance, at 130 Bowery, is less impressive than the side (228 Grand Street) entrance. | 124 Bowery, 130 Bowery, 1895, America, Bowery, Bowery Savings Bank, Capitale, Chinatown, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, Grand Street, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NRHP, NYC, NYC designated landmark, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York City, New York County, Roman Classical, Stanford White, architecture, bank, building, cityscape, columns, commercial, event venue, exterior, historic, landmark, limestone, metropolitan, stone, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 125 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Chinese flags and symbols surround gold-colored door to former offices of Fukien Benevolent Association of America. | 125 E Broadway, 125 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, East Broadway, Empire State, Fukien American Association, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 125 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: 125 Mott Street, a six-story walk-up apartment building, is boldly painted red brick and yellow terra cotta above street-level stores. | 125 Mott St., 125 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escapes, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, red, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, yellow |
| 128 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Knickerbocker Station post office, a Depression-era public works project with winged messenger Mercury medallion, is at 128 E Broadway. | 128 E Broadway, 128 East Broadway, 1930s, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, Knickerbocker Station, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mercury medallion, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, U.S., U.S. Post Office, United States Postal Service, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, civic, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flat arch windows, governmental, horizontal, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, pediment, post office, sloped roof, stone, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 128 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: 128 Mott Street, orange brick and terra cotta, undergoing maintenance/renovation, is a seven-story mixed-use condominium. | 128 Mott St., 128 Mott Street, 128 Plaza, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mietz Building, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, condo, condominium, exterior, ground floor retail, lofts, masonry, metropolitan, mid-rise, mixed-use, renovation, scaffold, sidewalk shed, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 129 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A typical brick-and-terra cotta walk-up apartment building above a store with Chinese sign, on a quiet weekday morning. | 129 E Broadway, 129 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 13 Essex Street | NYC Chinatown: 13 Essex Street, a six-story brick apartment building, has ground floor stores, cast stone trim, and stamped metal cornice. | 13 Essex St., 13 Essex Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, arched windows, architecture, brick, building, cast stone, cast stone window surrounds, cityscape, exterior, fire escapes, flat roof, flats, graffiti, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red brick, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 137-139 Centre Street | NYC Chinatown: 137-139 Centre Street is a pair of eight-story loft buildings designed by Schwartz & Gross, erected 1911. | 137-139 Centre St., 137-139 Centre Street, 1911, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Schwartz & Gross, arched windows, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, horizontal, lofts, masonry, metropolitan, mid-rise, morning, stone, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 137-139 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Star of David terra cotta reveals neighborhood’s history as Jewish enclave; a Yeshiva (Jewish school) is still next door. | 137-139 E Broadway, 137-139 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Star of David, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 139 Centre Street | NYC Chinatown: 139 Centre Street is the northeast half of a pair of eight-story loft buildings designed by Schwartz & Gross, erected 1911. | 139 Centre St., 139 Centre Street, 1911, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Schwartz & Gross, arched windows, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, lofts, masonry, metropolitan, mid-rise, morning, stone, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 141 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: Old & New – St. Teresa’s Catholic Church (1842), visually sandwiched by glassy 252 South Street (2019) and 10 Rutgers Street (2001). | 141 Henry St., 141 Henry Street, 1842, America, Catholic, Chinatown, Empire State, Gothic Revival, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Roman Catholic, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, Rutgers Street, St. Teresa’s Catholic Church, architecture, bell tower, building, church, cityscape, clock, divine, exterior, field stone, gray, grey, low-rise, metropolitan, place of worship, plain, religious, sacred, stone, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 141-143 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, an Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva (parochial school), a remnant of Chinatown’s history as a Jewish enclave. | 141-143 E Broadway, 141-143 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, Hebrew, Hebrew school, Hebrew signs, Jewish, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, Miriam Zuckerberg Yeshiva, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Orthodox Jewish, Yeshiva, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, education, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escapes, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, parochial school, school, stone, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 145-147 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, an Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva (parochial school), a remnant of Chinatown’s history as a Jewish enclave. | 145-147 E Broadway, 145-147 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, Hebrew, Hebrew school, Hebrew signs, Jewish, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, Miriam Zuckerberg Yeshiva, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Orthodox Jewish, Yeshiva, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, education, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escapes, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, parochial school, school, stone, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 15 Pike Street | NYC Chinatown: Former Pike Street Synagogue, a NYC landmark, is now the Sung Tak Buddhist Association Temple, marred by graffiti. | 13-15 Pike St., 13-15 Pike Street, 1904, Alfred E. Badt, America, Buddhist Temple, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Pike Street Synagogue, Romanesque Revival, Sung Tak Buddhist Association, adaptive reuse, arched windows, architecture, blind arcade, building, cityscape, columns, engaged columns, exterior, historic, landmark, limestone, low-rise, metropolitan, religious, stairs, stone, streetscape, synagogue, urban, vertical, white |
| 15-17 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: A set of brick-and-terra cotta apartment buildings at 15-21 Eldridge Street; original cornices replaced with simple brick parapets. | 15-21 Eldridge St., 15-21 Eldridge Street, America, Chinatown, Eldridge Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, graffiti, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, parapet, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 153 Centre Street | NYC Chinatown: 153 Centre Street, aka 240 Canal Street, is a three-story brick commercial building with a NYC subway entrance in its base. | 153 Centre St., 153 Centre Street, 240 Canal St., 240 Canal Street, America, Asian, Canal Centre Building, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, beige brick, billboards, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, graffiti, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, offices, stores, streetscape, subway, subway entrance, tourist destination, traffic barrier, urban |
| 16 Orchard Street | NYC Chinatown: Canal Condo combines 16 Orchard Street and 51 Canal Street; Star of David terra cotta reveals building’s Jewish heritage. | 16 Orchard St., 16 Orchard Street, 51 Canal St., 51 Canal Street, America, Asian, Canal Condo, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Star of David, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, condo, condominium, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 174-176 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Torch-and-laurel terra cotta medallions grace the crown of 174-176 Canal Street, a tenement and stores designed by Alfred E. Badt. | 174 Canal St., 174 Canal Street, 174-176 Canal St., 174-176 Canal Street, 1910, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 19 Elizabeth Street | NYC Chinatown: New York’s oldest precinct house, 5th Precinct, built in 1881, survived two attempts to demolish the building. | 1881, 19 Elizabeth St., 19 Elizabeth Street, 5th Precinct, America, Asian, Chinatown, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, Fifth Precinct, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYPD, Nathaniel Bush, New York, New York City, New York County, Police Department, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, civic, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, government, grey, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, painted, station house, stone, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 19 Market Street | NYC Chinatown: First Chinese Presbyterian Church is the former Northern Reformed Church, a NYC landmark built in 1819 of Manhattan Schist. | 1819, 19 Market St., 19 Market Street, 61 Henry St., 61 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, First Chinese Presbyterian Church, Georgian, Gothic, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manhattan Schist, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Northern Reformed Church, architecture, brown, building, church, cityscape, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, metropolitan, peaked roof, place of worship, religious, sacred, steeple, stone, streetscape, triple-hung windows, urban |
| 195 Worth Street | True Light Lutheran Church was built in 1949; the brick structure combines Chinese and Christian symbols in its façade. | 1949, 195 Worth St., 195 Worth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, True Light Lutheran Church, arches, architecture, brick, brown brick, building, church, cityscape, cross, divine, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, low-rise, metropolitan, pagoda motif, place of worship, religious, sacred, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical, yellow arches |
| 196-200 Mott Street | 196-200 Mott Street are sharply contrasting brick apartment buildings with terra cotta accents. | 196-200 Mott St., 196-200 Mott Street, America, Empire State, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, Nolita, apartment building, apartments, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, stores, street scene, street view, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, urban, vertical |
| 2 Allen Street | NYC Chinatown: 2 Allen Plaza is a seven-story blue glass box, alien to the earth-toned brick-and-terra cotta neighborhood. | 2 Allen Plaza, 2 Allen St., 2 Allen Street, Allen Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, aqua, architecture, blue, building, cityscape, cloud reflections, columns, commercial, curtain wall, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass, glass box, grid, metropolitan, morning, office building, offices, reflections, reflective, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 2 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: The black mirror glass skin of 2 Mott Street provides pixelated reflections of sky and buildings at Chatham Square/Five Points. | 1 Chatham Square, 2 Mott St., 2 Mott Street, America, Asian, Chatham Square, Chinatown, Empire State, Five Points, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mott Street, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, black, building, cityscape, clouds, commercial, curtain wall, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass, high-rise, metropolitan, mirror glass, morning, office building, offices, reflections, reflective, streetscape, tourist destination, tower, urban, vertical |
| 20 Confucious Plaza | NYC Chinatown: Confucius Plaza, a 44-story crescent-shaped brick apartment tower, incorporates a school, community center, and stores in its base. | 1975, 20 Confucius Plaza, America, Chatham Square, Chinatown, Confucius Plaza, Empire State, Horowitz & Chun, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mitchell-Lama, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment tower, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, co-op, cooperative, exterior, flats, high-rise, metropolitan, multi-dwelling unit, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, residential tower, streetscape, tower, tower block, urban, vertical |
| 20 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: Once a two-story fire station, 20 Eldridge Street gained three stories and new purpose as a Buddhist Temple. | 20 Eldridge St., 20 Eldridge Street, America, Buddhist Association of New York, Buddhist Temple, Chinatown, Chinese characters, Chinese signage, Eldridge Street, Empire State, International Society of Nun Yen Sutra, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, adaptive reuse, architecture, brick, building, church, cityscape, divine, exterior, former fire house, gold, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, place of worship, red, religious, sacred, streetscape, temple, tile roof, tiled canopies, urban |
| 200 Mott Street | 200 Mott Street is a red roman brick apartment building with tan terra cotta accents; a restaurant occupies the ground floor. | 200 Mott St., 200 Mott Street, America, Empire State, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, Nolita, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, roman brick, stamped metal cornice, stores, street scene, street view, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, urban, vertical |
| 21 Mott Street | The mural “In The Future Our Asian Community Is Safe” is painted on the side of 21 Mott Street, a five-story brick apartment house in NYC’s Chinatown. | 21 Mott St., 21 Mott Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, In The Future Our Asian Community Is Safe, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mott Street, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, metropolitan, multi-family residential, mural, red, residences, residential, restaurant, store, street scene, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 210 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 210-212 Canal Street is a red brick and black stone commercial condominium with street-level stores on the corner of Mulberry Street. | 1920, 210 Canal St., 210 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, black, brick, bright, building, canopied entrance, cast stone, cityscape, commercial, condo, condominium, exterior, green canopy, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, office building, offices, red, stamped metal cornice, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, urban |
| 214 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 214 Canal Street is a seven-story tenement with street-level store, built in 1915 of red roman brick with terra cotta trim. | 1915, 214 Canal St., 214 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, John P. Cleary, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, metropolitan, mid-rise, multi-family residential, residences, residential, roman brick, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tenement, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 218 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: A Vietnamese restaurant, located at the corner of Baxter and Walker/Canal Streets, below walk-up apartments at 218 Canal Street. | 218 Canal St., 218 Canal Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Sun Sai Gai Restaurant, Vietnamese Restaurant, Win Sea Food Market, apartment building, architecture, brick, bright, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, horizontal, metropolitan, morning, painted brick, red, restaurant, storefronts, stores, street vendor, streetscape, sunny, tourist destination, umbrella, urban |
| 218-220 Grand Street | NYC Chinatown: 218 Grand Street, a seven-story walk-up apartment building with turreted corner; brick painted grey with red terra cotta decoration. | 218-220 Grand St., 218-220 Grand Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escapes, gray, grey, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, parapet, red, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 22 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: 22 Mott Street, Masonic Building, is a six-story brick mixed-use building, apartments over a Masonic Hall and Ping Seafood Restaurant. | 1915, 22 Mott St., 22 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese Masonic Building, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Ping Seafood Restaurant, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cast stone, cityscape, ethnic, exterior, fire escape, flats, gallery, ground floor retail, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stepped parapet, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical, yellow sign |
| 22 Mulberry Street | Chinese Wah Lai Funeral Home occupies the ground floor of 22 Mulberry Street, a four-story brick apartment house in NYC’s Chinatown. | 22 Mulberry St., 22 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese Wah Lai Funeral Home, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 228 Grand Street | NYC Chinatown: Detail, Bowery Savings Bank’s Grand Street façade. The Roman Classical style building is a NYC and US historic landmark. | 124 Bowery, 130 Bowery, 1895, America, Asian, Bowery, Bowery Savings Bank, Capitale, Chinatown, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, Grand Street, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NRHP, NYC, NYC designated landmark, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York City, New York County, Roman Classical, Stanford White, architecture, bank, building, cityscape, columns, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, event venue, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, limestone, metropolitan, stone, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 23 Division Street | NYC Chinatown: U.S. and Taiwan flags fly above Chinese pharmacy at 23 Division Street, a four-story commercial building of polychrome brick. | 23 Division St., 23 Division Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese pharmacy, Chinese signage, Division Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Taiwan flag, Taiwan flags, U.S., U.S. flag, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, parked car, polychrome brick, quiet, roll-up gate, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 230 Grand Street | NYC Chinatown: Landmark Bowery Savings Bank, 130 Bowery, is an L-shaped building wrapped around 124 Bowery, also part of the bank, now event venue. | 124 Bowery, 130 Bowery, 1895, America, Asian, Bowery, Bowery Savings Bank, Capitale, Chinatown, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, Grand Street, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NRHP, NYC, NYC designated landmark, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York City, New York County, Roman Classical, Stanford White, architecture, bank, building, cityscape, columns, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, event venue, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, limestone, metropolitan, stone, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 23-27 Allen Street | NYC Chinatown: A trio of two-story commercial buildings with interesting brickwork in the parapets above the storefronts. | 23-27 Allen St., 23-27 Allen Street, Allen Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, brickwork, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, horizontal, low-rise, merchants, metropolitan, morning, pallets, parapets, quiet, rollup gates, storefronts, stores, streetscape, tourist destination, trio, two-story, urban |
| 235 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 235 Canal Street/168 Centre Street, a commercial building built in 1920, was modernized with glass in 2006. | 168 Centre St., 168 Centre Street, 235 Canal St., 235 Canal Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Citizens Bank, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, afternoon, architecture, bright, building, cityscape, commercial, curtain wall, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass, green stripes, horizontal, intersection, metropolitan, office building, offices, reflective, renovated, streetscape, sunny, tourist destination, urban |
| 236-240 Mott Street | 236-240 Mott Street is a six-story beige brick and terra cotta apartment building with a rounded corner and arched windows. | 236-240 Mott St., 236-240 Mott Street, America, Empire State, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, Nolita, apartment building, apartments, arched windows, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, parapet, residences, residential, stores, street scene, street view, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, urban, vertical |
| 239-241 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Originally Golden Pacific National Bank, this pagoda-style commercial building now also holds a souvenir store and restaurant. | 157-201 Centre St., 157-201 Centre Street, 1978, 239-241 Canal St., 239-241 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese style, East Bank, Empire State, Golden Pacific National Bank, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, P K Y Chen, architecture, bank, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, glass, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, modern, offices, pagoda, red, red piers, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 24 Mulberry Street | Brighten Florist occupies the ground floor of 24 Mulberry Street, a five-story brick apartment house in NYC’s Chinatown. | 24 Mulberry St., 24 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Brighten Florist, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 25 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: The verdigris-colored bell tower of Church of the Transfiguration, a NYC landmark, is at the bend of Mott Street. | 1801, 25 Mott St., 25 Mott Street, America, Catholic, Chinatown, Church of the Transfiguration, Empire State, Georgian, Gothic, Henry Engelbert, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manhattan Schist, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Roman Catholic, Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, architecture, bell tower, building, church, cityscape, divine, exterior, historic, landmark, low-rise, metropolitan, place of worship, religious, sacred, stone, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 251 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 251 Canal Street, at Chinatown’s fringe, is a small hotel with murals painted on its Canal Street and Lafayette Street façades. | 251 Canal St., 251 Canal Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, JG So Ho Tel, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, accommodations, afternoon, architecture, art, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, hotel, lodging, low-rise, metropolitan, mural, store, stores, street art, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, travel accommodations, travel lodging, traveler accommodations, urban, vertical |
| 253 Grand Street | NYC Chinatown: 253 Grand Street / 101 Chrystie Street is a seven-story red brick apartment building, decorated in white terra cotta, built in 1901. | 101 Chrystie St., 101 Chrystie Street, 253 Grand St., 253 Grand Street, America, Chinatown, Columbia, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 256 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Canal Street Market, 256 Canal Street, is a NYC landmark designed by James Bogardus built in 1857 with cast iron façade. | 1857, 254-260 Canal St., 254-260 Canal Street, 256 Canal St., 256 Canal Street, America, Canal Street Market, Chinatown, Empire State, Italian Renaissance Palazzo, Italianate, James Bogardus, LES, Lafayette Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, bright, building, busy intersection, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, exterior, ground floor retail, historic, horizontal, landmark, metropolitan, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, urban, white |
| 26 Mulberry Street | Wah Wing Sang Funeral Corp. occupies the ground floor of 26 Mulberry Street, a five-story brick apartment house in NYC’s Chinatown. | 26 Mulberry St., 26 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Wah Wing Sang Funeral Corp., apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, funeral home, low-rise, marquee, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 262-274 Mott Street | 262 and 274 Mott Street are adjacent brick apartment buildings; red brick 262 is condominiums, beige 274 is a rental property. | 262-274 Mott St., 262-274 Mott Street, America, Empire State, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, Nolita, adaptive reuse, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, condo, condominium, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, stone, stores, street scene, street view, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 263 Grand Street | NYC Chinatown: 263 Grand Street (but located on Broome Street) is a two-story brick recreation center of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. | 1960, 263 Grand St., 263 Grand Street, America, Broome St., Broome Street, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lion’s Gate Field, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, New York, New York City, New York County, Parks Department, arched windows, architecture, balcony, brick, bright, building, cityscape, civic, exterior, horizontal, iron railing, low-rise, metropolitan, playground, public restrooms, recreation, spring, stone, streetscape, urban |
| 268-270 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 268 Canal Street, a NYC landmark cast iron loft building, now houses Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. | 1887, 268-270 Canal St., 268-270 Canal Street, America, Charles B Wand Community Health Center, Chinatown, Empire State, J W Dimick Building, LES, Lansing C. Holden, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Queen Anne, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, brick, bright, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, community health center, exterior, historic, landmark, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, store, streetscape, sunny, urban, vertical, white |
| 27 Allen Street | NYC Chinatown: Imaginative polychrome brickwork enlivens the façade of an otherwise ordinary two-story store and office at 27 Allen Street. | 27 Allen St., 27 Allen Street, Allen Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, awning, brick façade, building, cityscape, commercial, decorative brickwork, earth tones, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, graffiti, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, parapet, polychrome brick, quiet, store, storefront, streetscape, tourist destination, two-story, urban, vertical |
| 27 Forsyth Street | NYC Chinatown: St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, originally an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, memorializes Chinatown’s changing population. | 1892, 27 Forsyth St., 27 Forsyth Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Greek Orthodox, Herter & Schneider, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, adaptive reuse, architecture, brick, building, church, cityscape, divine, exterior, limestone, masonry, metropolitan, place of worship, religious, sacred, stone, streetscape, synagogue, urban, vertical |
| 27-29 Division Street | NYC Chinatown: private club and stores buildings on Division Street, including Dim Sum Palace, a Chinese restaurant. | 1958, 27-29 & 25 Division St., 27-29 & 25 Division Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Division Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, S. Walter Katz, San Kiang Charitable Association, Tung-on Social Club, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, offices, private club and stores, restaurant, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 276 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 276 Canal Street, aka 416 Broadway, is a landmark commercial building converted to a hotel (Wanderlofts Hotel, formerly SoHo Garden). | 1899, 276 Canal St., 276 Canal Street, 416 Broadway, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Jordan & Giller, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Renaissance Revival, Soho Garden Hotel, Wanderlofts Hotel, accommodations, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, exterior, ground floor retail, historic, hotel, landmark, limestone, lodging, masonry, metropolitan, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical, wood frame |
| 277 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Oltarsh Building, a three-story commercial structure at Canal and Lafayette Streets, houses Banksy Museum above ground floor shops. | 277 Canal St., 277 Canal Street, America, Asian, Bank of America branch, Banksy Museum, Canal Street, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Oltarsh Building, architecture, attraction, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, museum, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, subway, subway entrance, tourist attraction, tourist destination, urban, visitor attraction |
| 28 Forsyth Street | NYC Chinatown: 28 Forsyth Street, an old walk-up tenement next door to an Orthodox synagogue-turned-Greek Orthodox church. | 28 Forsyth St., 28 Forsyth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, graffiti, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residential, run-down, stores, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 28 Mulberry Street | An elaborate cast iron storefront inset with stone and terra cotta at the corner of Mulberry and Mosco Streets in NYC’s Chinatown. | 101 Mosco Street, 28 Mulberry St., 28 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Wah Wing Sang Funeral Corp., apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 29 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Crew of FDNY Tower Ladder 18, Fort Pitt, practice their skills at 29 and 31 Canal Street. | 29 Canal St., 29 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, FDNY, Fire Department, Fort Pitt, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Tower Ladder 18, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cast stone, cityscape, exterior, flat roof, flats, ground floor retail, metropolitan, multi-family residential, practice, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, training exercise, urban, vertical |
| 31 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Terra cotta once covered the Loew’s Canal Street Theatre; the NYC landmark became an electronics store, now appears abandoned. | 1927, 31 Canal St., 31 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Loew’s Canal Street Theatre, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Thomas W. Lamb, adaptive reuse, arched windows, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, dilapidated, dirty, exterior, gray, grey, low-rise, metropolitan, motion picture theater, movie house, retail, storefront, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, theater, urban, vertical, white |
| 33 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Detail of Chatham Square Branch, New York Public Library, a NYC landmark designed by Charles McKim, funded by Andrew Carnegie. | 1903, 33 E Broadway, 33 East Broadway, America, Andrew Carnegie, Charles McKim, Chatham Square Branch, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, Ionic columns, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, McKim Mead & White, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, New York Public Library, architecture, building, cityscape, civic, defaced, engaged columns, exterior, graffiti, historic, landmark, library, limestone, masonry, metropolitan, neoclassical, stone, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 34 Pell Street | NYC Chinatown: 34 Pell Street is a mixed-use, residential over store (restaurant) building with a three-dimensional yellow screen façade. | 34 Pell St., 34 Pell Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese restaurant, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Sichuan Hot Pot, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic, exterior, flat roof, flats, grill, lattice, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, restaurant, retail, streetscape, three-story, unusual, urban, vertical, yellow façade |
| 35-37 Allen Street | NYC Chinatown: A pair of run-down tenements on Allen Street; brick painted grey with green accents and fire escapes, tired storefronts, graffiti. | 35-37 Allen St., 35-37 Allen Street, Allen Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, graffiti, gray, grey, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, residential, run-down, store, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 36 Mulberry Street | Ng Fook Funeral Services occupies the lower floors of 34-38 Mulberry Street, a six-story apartment building in NYC’s Chinatown. | 34-38 Mulberry St., 34-38 Mulberry Street, 36 Mulberry St., 36 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Ng Fook Funeral Services, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, horizontal, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stone, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 36 Pell Street | NYC Chinatown: 36 Pell Street/40 Mott Street is a brown brick apartment building with terra cotta trim, over a street-level store. | 36 Pell St., 36 Pell Street, 40 Mott St., 40 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, corner, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, mixed use, multi-family residential, parapet, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 37 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: All-American pun (O’Henry) on Chinese laundromat at 37 Henry Street. | 37 Henry St., 37 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, O’Henry Laundromat, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, awning, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, graffiti, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, tenement, urban, walk-up |
| 38 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 38 East Broadway is a five-story painted brick apartment building over store, with terra cotta details and stamped metal cornice. | 38 E Broadway, 38 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 380 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 380 Broadway, part of Tribeca East Historic District, is a mixed-use residential/commercial building with a cast iron ground floor. | 1860, 380 Broadway, 70-78 White Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, brick, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, landmark, low-rise, marble, masonry, metropolitan, mixed-use, morning, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 388 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 388 Broadway, now apartments above a store, was built as commercial lofts, marble-faced above a cast iron storefront. | 388 Broadway, America, Asian, Broadway, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, adaptive reuse, apartment building, apartments, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, ivory, landmark, lofts, low-rise, marble, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical, white |
| 39 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: 39 Eldridge Street is a low-rise commercial building, painted beige, that has been home to several community outreach groups. | 1922, 39 Eldridge St., 39 Eldridge Street, America, Chinatown, Eldridge Street, Empire State, KTV, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Sommerfeld & Steckler, architecture, beige, brick, bright, building, canopies, cityscape, commercial, exterior, graffiti, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, office building, offices, painted, ribbon windows, streetscape, sunny, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 39 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: Figureheads flank the entrance of 39 Henry Street, a richly detailed five-story walk-up tenement. | 39 Henry St., 39 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, figureheads, fire escape, flats, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, stoop, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, walk-up, window guards |
| 392-380 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Along the district’s western fringe, cast iron loft buildings on Broadway, now landmarks, contain apartments above storefronts. | 392-380 Broadway, America, Asian, Broadway, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, adaptive reuse, apartment building, apartments, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, historic, landmark, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, residences, residential, stores, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 392-388 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Along the district’s western fringe, cast iron loft buildings on Broadway, now landmarks, contain apartments above storefronts. | 392-388 Broadway, America, Asian, Broadway, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, adaptive reuse, apartment building, apartments, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, historic, landmark, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, residences, residential, stores, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 394-392 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A pair of cast iron and masonry loft buildings on Broadway, Chinatown’s western fringe. | 1860, 1865, 394-392 Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, adaptive reuse, apartment building, apartments, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, historic, landmark, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, residential, store, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 396 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A 10-story 1899 landmark office building, converted to boutique Walker Hotel on the southeast corner of Broadway and Walker Street. | 1899, 396 Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, Walker Hotel, William H. Birkmire, accommodations, adaptive reuse, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, hotel, landmark, lodging, metropolitan, morning, office building, stone, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 40 Mulberry Street | Asia-Roma, an Italian/Asian restaurant, occupies the ground floor of 40 Mulberry Street, a five-story apartment building in NYC’s Chinatown. | 40 Mulberry St., 40 Mulberry Street, America, Asia-Roma, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, restaurant, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 400 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: This landmark loft building is now home of Apicha (Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV and AIDS) Community Health Center. | 1865, 400 Broadway, 70 Walker Street, America, Apicha Community Health Center, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Second Empire, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, granite, gray, grey, historic, horizontal, landmark, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, store, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 401 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A landmark 27-story Art Deco office tower on Chinatown’s western fringe. | 401 Broadway, America, Art Deco, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Jardine Hill & Murdock, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, high-rise, historic, horizontal, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, modernized, morning, office building, offices, stone, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 40-42 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: A pair of historic – but not designated landmarks – Federal style houses built in 1807, once home of Bowery Boys street gang. | 1807, 40-42 Bowery, America, Asian, Bowery, Chinatown, Chinese shops, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, Federal style, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, dormers, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, historic, houses, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, shops, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 40-44 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: A pair of dormer-topped brick-and-stone Federal style houses from 1807, next to a recent (2002) arrival on the Bowery. | 1807, 40-44 Bowery, America, Asian, Bowery, Chinatown, Chinese shops, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, Federal style, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, dormers, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, historic, horizontal, houses, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, shops, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 407 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: The original bank’s name (Manufacturers Trust Company) is gone, otherwise the building’s 1927 look and purpose are unchanged. | 1927, 407 Broadway, America, Archibald F. Gilbert, Asian, Chase, Chase Bank, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manufacturers Trust Company Bank, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, bank, brick, building, cityscape, clock, concrete, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, granite, historic, horizontal, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, morning, neoclassical, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 41 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Boe Fook Funeral Services now occupies the T-shaped building built for the Independent Kletzker Brotherly Aid Association. | 1892, 1900, 41 Canal St., 41 Canal Street, 5 Ludlow St., 5 Ludlow Street, America, Boe Fook Funeral Services, Canal Street, Chinatown, Empire State, Independent Kletzker Brotherly Aid Association, LES, Lower East Side, Ludlow Street, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, T-shaped, adaptive reuse, architecture, building, cityscape, columns, commercial, exterior, funeral home, green, horizontal, low rise, low-rise, metropolitan, stone, streetscape, tile, urban, white |
| 41 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: Figureheads flank the entrance of 41 Henry Street, a richly detailed five-story walk-up tenement. | 41 Henry St., 41 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, figureheads, fire escape, flats, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, stoop, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, walk-up, window guards |
| 415 Broadway | NYC Chinatown: The monolithic limestone landmark, National City Bank building, is now home of the interactive art exhibit, INTER_. | 1927, 294-298 Canal Street, 415-417 Broadway, 65-69 Lispenard Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Moderne, NYC, NYC designated landmark, National City Bank of New York, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, Walker & Gillette, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bank, building, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, limestone, masonry, metropolitan, morning, museum, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 42-48 Mulberry Street | Stores occupy the ground floor of low-rise brick apartment houses along Mulberry Street in NYC’s Chinatown. | 42-48 Mulberry St., 42-48 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Mama Cafe, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, TLC Cleaners, Tasty Dumpling, Yu & Me Books, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cast stone, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 43 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: The richly detailed tenement façade is painted over, from green stamped metal cornice to red stone stoop at 43 Henry Street. | 43 Henry St., 43 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, The Manhattan, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, stoop, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, walk-up, window guards |
| 45 Allen Street | NYC Chinatown: Hester-Allen Houses, a New York City Housing Authority Building, has a textured concrete façade instead of the usual plain red brick. | 45 Allen St., 45 Allen Street, Allen Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Hester-Allen Houses, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYCHA, New York, New York City, New York City Housing Authority, New York County, apartment block, apartment building, apartments, architecture, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, gray, grey, high-rise, horizontal, metropolitan, morning, multi-dwelling unit, multi-family residential, public housing, residential, streetscape, textured concrete, tourist destination, urban |
| 46 Mulberry Street | A stamped-metal cornice crowns 46 Mulberry Street, a five-story brick apartment house built in 1886 in NYC’s Chinatown. | 1886, 46 Mulberry St., 46 Mulberry Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Mama Cafe, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cast stone, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 48 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 48 East Broadway is the six-story, stone-faced Grace Gratitude Buddhist Temple, with colorful pagoda-style tile cornices. | 48 E Broadway, 48 East Broadway, America, Asian, Buddhist Temple, Chinatown, Chinese cornice, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, Grace Gratitude Buddhist Temple, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Oriental, architecture, bright, building, church, cityscape, colorful, divine, exterior, low-rise, metropolitan, pagoda style, place of worship, polychrome tile, religious, sacred, stone, streetscape, sunny, tile cornice, urban, vertical |
| 49-51 Elizabeth Street | Chinese supermarket Po Wing Hong Food Market occupies ground floor of 49-51 Elizabeth Street, a six-story brick apartment house in NYC’s Chinatown. | 49-51 Elizabeth St., 49-51 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Po Wing Hong Food Market, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 5 Elizabeth Street | NYC Chinatown: A five-story commercial building, converted to church, with terra cotta very similar to neighboring apartment buildings. | 5 Elizabeth St., 5 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Christian, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Trust In God Baptist Church, adaptive reuse, architecture, brick, building, church, cityscape, divine, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass block, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, place of worship, religious, sacred, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 5 Ludlow Street | Boe Fook Funeral Services occupies the T-shaped building on Canal and Ludlow Streets, built for the Independent Kletzker Brotherly Aid Association. | 1892, 1900, 41 Canal St., 41 Canal Street, 5 Ludlow St., 5 Ludlow Street, America, Boe Fook Funeral Services, Canal Street, Chinatown, Empire State, Independent Kletzker Brotherly Aid Association, LES, Lower East Side, Ludlow Street, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, T-shaped, architecture, building, cityscape, columns, commercial, exterior, funeral home, green, low rise, low-rise, metropolitan, stone, streetscape, tile, urban, white |
| 50 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: Hotel 50 Bowery, designed in glass by PPA Architects to mirror landmark Citizens Savings Bank and community. | 50 Bowery, America, Asian, Bowery, Chinatown, Empire State, Hotel 50 Bowery, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, accommodations, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, curtain wall, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, glass, ground floor retail, high-rise, hotel, lodging, metropolitan, morning, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, tower, travel accommodations, travel lodging, traveler accommodations, urban, vertical |
| 50 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: 50-52 Eldridge Street, an eight-story brick commercial building with street level stores built for Witty Brothers in 1912. | 1912, 50 Eldridge St., 50 Eldridge Street, America, Bernstein & Bernstein, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Eldridge Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Witty Brothers, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, grey, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, office building, offices, roll-up security gates, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 51 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: The plain, 1800s brick façade of Canal Condo’s 51 Canal Street wing; the entrance is now numbered 16 Orchard Street. | 16 Orchard St., 16 Orchard Street, 51 Canal St., 51 Canal Street, America, Asian, Canal Condo, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Star of David, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, condo, condominium, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 51-57 Bayard Street | NYC Chinatown: Some restaurants and stores along Bayard Street at Elizabeth Street, in the heart of Chinatown. | 51-57 Bayard St., 51-57 Bayard Street, America, Asian, Bayard Street, Chinatown, Chinese restaurants, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, arched windows, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, colorful, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, horizontal, metropolitan, morning, restaurants, store, storefronts, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tile, tourist destination, urban |
| 52-56 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: A renovated six-story walk-up apartment building at the corner of Mott and Bayard Streets; brick parapet subs for original cornice. | 52-56 Mott St., 52-56 Mott Street, 72 Bayard St., 72 Bayard Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, corner, exterior, fire escapes, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, renovated, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, terra cotta, urban, vertical, walk-up |
| 53 Bayard Street | NYC Chinatown: A simulated tile roof is a canopy over a recessed green door set in polished stone, with gilt Chinese sign on Bayard Street. | 53 Bayard St., 53 Bayard Street, America, Asian, Bayard Street, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Chinese street signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, green, green door, green doorway, marble, masonry, metropolitan, morning, polished stone, simulated roofing tile cornice, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 54 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: Jarmulowsky Bank Building is prominent on Canal & Ludlow Streets; it is now a residential condominium. | 1912, 54 Canal St., 54 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Jarmulowsky Bank Building, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Modern Renaissance, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Rouse & Goldstone, architecture, bank, brick, building, cityscape, condo, condominium, exterior, historic, landmark, limestone, lofts, masonry, metropolitan, residential, stone, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 54 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: 54 Eldridge Street is a seven-story red brick apartment house with white-painted terra cotta trim and street-level stores. | 54 Eldridge St., 54 Eldridge Street, America, Chinatown, Eldridge Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, parapet, red, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, white trim |
| 54-56 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 54 and 56 East Broadway, a pair of six-story walk-up apartment buildings of brick and terra cotta, with Chinese restaurants. | 54 E Broadway, 54 East Broadway, 56 E Broadway, 56 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese restaurant, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, restaurant, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, walk-up |
| 55 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A one-time volunteer fire house, Quarters Engine Company 9, at 55 East Broadway, converted to commercial use. | 55 E Broadway, 55 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, KV Fire House, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Quarters Engine Company 9, Two Bridges, adaptive reuse, architecture, building, cityscape, columns, commercial, exterior, fire house, fluted ionic columns, graffiti, ground floor retail, limestone, low-rise, metropolitan, offices, pilasters, roll-up gate, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 56 Hester Street | NYC Chinatown: 56 Hester Street is an orange brick six-story walk-up apartment building with stores, trimmed with stone band courses. | 56 Hester St., 56 Hester Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese characters, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, corner, exterior, fire escape, flats, graffiti, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, orange brick, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical, walk-up |
| 58 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: NYC landmark Citizen’s Savings Bank, now occupied by HSBC, has prominent bronze dome above granite edifice. | 150 Canal St., 150 Canal Street, 1924, 58 Bowery, America, Beaux Arts, Bowery Historic District, Chinatown, Citizens Savings Bank, Clarence W. Brazer, Empire State, HSBC, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NRHP, NYC, NYC designated landmark, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, bank, bronze dome, building, cityscape, commercial, dome, domed, exterior, granite, historic, horizontal, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, stone, streetscape, urban |
| 59 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: 59 Henry Street, under construction, towers over its neighbors; its glass and metal panels clash with century-old masonry-based styles. | 59 Henry St., 59 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, MDU, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, S9 Architecture, apartment building, apartment tower, apartments, architecture, balconies, building, cityscape, construction, curtain wall, exterior, flats, glass, high-rise, metal panels, metropolitan, multi-dwelling unit, multi-family residential, reflective, residences, residential, residential tower, stepped, streetscape, tower, urban, vertical |
| 59 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: 59 Mott Street is a five-story yellow-painted brick and terra cotta walk-up apartment house above street-level stores. | 59 Mott St., 59 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, gaudy, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, souvenirs, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, yellow |
| 59-61 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: 59 Henry Street, under construction, towers over neighbors; its glass and metal panels clash with 200-year-old masonry landmark church. | 59 Henry St., 59 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, MDU, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, S9 Architecture, apartment building, apartment tower, apartments, architecture, balconies, building, cityscape, construction, curtain wall, exterior, flats, glass, high-rise, metal panels, metropolitan, multi-dwelling unit, multi-family residential, reflective, residences, residential, residential tower, stepped, streetscape, tower, urban, vertical |
| 60-64 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: Chinese Community Centre and New York Chinese School occupy white brick 60-64 Mott Street, festooned with Taiwanese flags. | 1962, 60-64 Mott St., 60-64 Mott Street, America, Andrew S. Yuen, Chinatown, Chinese Community Center, Chinese Community Centre, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinese characters, Chinese flag, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York Chinese School, New York City, New York County, Taiwan flag, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, glazed white brick, ground floor retail, lanterns, lattice screen, low-rise, metropolitan, office building, offices, souvenirs, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 61 Bayard Street | NYC Chinatown: A five-story walk-up apartment building and stores, titled Bayard, has a beige-painted brick and terra cotta façade and green cornice. | 61 Bayard St., 61 Bayard Street, America, Asian, Bayard, Bayard Street, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartments, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, lanterns, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 61 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 61 East Broadway, a red brick building, houses Yee Shan Benevolent Association and displays flags of the U.S. and Taiwan. | 61 E Broadway, 61 East Broadway, America, American flag, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Taiwan flag, Yee Shan Benevolent Society, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, fire escape, flags, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, office building, offices, red, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 61 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: McAlister House, church house of the landmark Sea and Land Church, now First Chinese Presbyterian Church, at 61 Henry Street. | 1819, 61 Henry St., 61 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, First Chinese Presbyterian Church, Georgian, Gothic, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manhattan Schist, Mc Alister House, NRHP, NYC, NYC designated landmark, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York City, New York County, Northeast Dutch Reformed Church, Sea and Land Church, architecture, brick, building, church, church house, cityscape, divine, exterior, historic, landmark, low-rise, metropolitan, place of worship, religious, sacred, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 61 Saint James Place | On the fringe of Chinatown, the architect rounded the corner of this Five Points apartment building to deal with the sharp-angled street grid. | 61 Saint James Place, 61 St. James Place, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Five Points, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, columns, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stone, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 61-63 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: Near twins, 61 and 63 Mott Street; The stamped-metal cornice has been stripped from 63, which also has street-front stairs. | 61-63 Mott St., 61-63 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escapes, flats, ground floor retail, illuminated sign, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, restaurant, store, street-level retail, streetscape, sunny, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 62 Forsyth Street | NYC Chinatown: George F. Pelham designed 62 Forsyth Street (aka 119 Hester Street), a six-story red and white brick apartment house and stores. | 119 Hester St., 119 Hester Street, 1910, 62 Forsyth St., 62 Forsyth Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, George F. Pelham, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 62-64 Bayard Street | The Chinese flag flies from the roof of 62-64 Bayard Street, a six-story apartment building that also houses Gee How Oak Tin Association and stores. | 62-64 Bayard St., 62-64 Bayard Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese flag, Empire State, Gee How Oak Tin Association, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, balconies, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 63 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 63 East Broadway is a five-story yellow-painted brick loft building with apartments above two commercial floors. | 63 E Broadway, 63 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, ground floor retail, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, mixed use, office building, offices, painted, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, yellow |
| 65 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 65 East Broadway, a five-story brick commercial building made “Chinese” by adding a green tile cornice above the second floor. | 65 E Broadway, 65 East Broadway, America, American Fujian Benevolent Foundation, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC Council Member Christopher Marte, New York, New York City, New York County, Two Bridges, architecture, beige, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, green tile cornice, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, office building, offices, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tile, urban, vertical |
| 65-63 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 65 and 63 East Broadway, a pair of run-down brick loft buildings used primarily as offices above street-level retail. | 63 E Broadway, 63 East Broadway, 65 E Broadway, 65 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Two Bridges, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, graffiti, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, office building, offices, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, yellow |
| 67 Eldridge Street | NYC Chinatown: 67 Eldridge Street (corner of Hester Street) is a brick apartment building and stores, painted red with white terra cotta trim. | 67 Eldridge St., 67 Eldridge Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Hester Street, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, corner, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 67 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: Big Wong Chinese restaurant occupies the ground floor of 67 Mott Street, a five-story red brick walk-up apartment building. | 67 Mott St., 67 Mott Street, America, Big Wong Chinese restaurant, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, restaurant, stamped metal cornice, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 67-73 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Sheils Building, 67-73 East Broadway, is a seven-story brick building with stores and offices on the first two floors. | 67-73 E Broadway, 67-73 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Sheils Building, Two Bridges, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, mixed use, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban |
| 68 Hester Street | NYC Chinatown: 68 Hester Street/37 Orchard Street is a five-story brown brick walkup apartment building with copious terra cotta trim. | 37 Orchard St., 37 Orchard Street, 68 Hester St., 68 Hester Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, brown, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, graffiti, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, urban, vertical |
| 68 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: A Chinese flag flies over 68 Mott Street, a five-story brick apartment building, and stores, with a covered balcony at the top floor. | 68 Mott St., 68 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Chinese flag, Chinese restaurant, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 7 Elizabeth Street | NYC Chinatown: White painted terra cotta arch and columns surround second-story entrance to 7 Elizabeth Street. | 7 Elizabeth St., 7 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Elizabeth Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 70 Forsyth Street | NYC Chinatown: 70 Forsyth Street, Major, is an ornate five-story brick and terra cotta apartment building and stores with Juliette balconies | 70 Forsyth St., 70 Forsyth Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Juliette balconies, LES, Lower East Side, Major, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 71 Hester Street | NYC Chinatown: PS 42, 71 Hester Street/44 Orchard Street, is a five-story elementary school of red brick decorated with red terra cotta. | 1900, 44 Orchard St., 44 Orchard Street, 71 Hester St., 71 Hester Street, America, Board of Education, Chinatown, Department of Education, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, P.S. 042, Public School 42, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, civic, educational, elementary school, exterior, masonry, metropolitan, public, red, scaffolding, school, sidewalk shed, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 72 Walker Street | NYC Chinatown: Latimer Building, 72 Walker Street, a commercial loft building erected in 1862, is part of NYC’s Tribeca East Historic District. | 1862, 72 Walker St., 72 Walker Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinatown Building Supply, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Latimer Building, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, lofts, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, stone, store, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 72-80 Henry Street | NYC Chinatown: Humorous cutout peers from a bricked-over window at 72-80 Henry Street, a Department of Sanitation facility under the Manhattan Bridge. | 72-80 Henry St., 72-80 Henry Street, America, Chinatown, Department of Sanitation, Empire State, Henry Street, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge Overpass, Mechanic’s Alley, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Sanitation Department, architecture, blind windows, brick, brown, building, city-owned, cityscape, civic, exterior, face and hands, graffiti, humorous, low-rise, maintenance, metropolitan, painted, red, storage, streetscape, tiny, two-story, urban, vertical |
| 75 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: The “Chinatown Dragon Fighters” of FDNY Engine 9 & Ladder 6 occupy a two-story modern fire house at 75 Canal Street. | 75 Canal St., 75 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Chinatown Dragon Fighters, Empire State, Engine 9, FDNY, LES, Ladder 6, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, civic, exterior, fire department, fire house, fire station, horizontal, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, modern, screen, stone, streetscape, urban |
| 75 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 2 Bridge Mall, 75 East Broadway, is a NYC-owned commercial building under the Manhattan Bridge with stores on both levels. | 2 Bridge Mall, 75 E Broadway, 75 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, New York Mart, Two Bridges, architecture, brick, building, city-owned, cityscape, commercial, exterior, graffiti, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, mall, metropolitan, roll-up gates, run-down, shoppers, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vacant stores |
| 77-81 White Street | NYC Chinatown: 77-81 White street, a trio of landmark commercial loft buildings designed by three different architects in different styles and years. | 77 White Street, 77-81 White St., 77-81 White Street, 79 White Street, 81 White Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Italianate, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Romanesque Revival, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, landmark, lofts, masonry, metropolitan, morning, neo-Grec, restored, stores, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 80 White Street | NYC Chinatown: 80 White Street, part of the Tribeca East Historic District, is a well-preserved cast iron and white marble loft building. | 1868, 80 White St., 80 White Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Henry Engelbert, Italianate, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, landmark, lofts, marble, masonry, metropolitan, morning, neo-Grec, offices, stores, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical, white |
| 81 - 75 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: A modern fire station is neighbor to an 1890 tenement with street-level storefront. | 1890, 75 Canal St., 75 Canal Street, 81 Canal St., 81 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Chinatown Dragon Fighters, Empire State, Engine 9, FDNY, LES, Ladder 6, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, civic, exterior, fire station, horizontal, laundromat, low-rise, metropolitan, old & new, residential, stamped metal cornice, streetscape, urban |
| 81 Baxter Street | NYC Chinatown: 81 Baxter Street, a five-story brick-and-terra cotta apartment building, sports a pink-painted stamped metal cornice. | 1888, 81 Baxter St., 81 Baxter Street, America, Asian, Baxter Street, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, afternoon, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, pink, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban |
| 81 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: An elaborate stamped metal cornice caps the five-story mixed-use brick building at 81 Canal Street. | 1890, 81 Canal St., 81 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Min81 Laundromat, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, laundromat, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 81 Elizabeth Street | 81 Elizabeth is a modern low-rise apartment building in NYC’s Chinatown, unusual for its use of ribbon windows in a plain red brick façade. | 81 Elizabeth St., 81 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Deluxe Food Market, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, metropolitan, multi-family residential, red, residences, residential, ribbon windows, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban |
| 83 Division Street | NYC Chinatown: Eastern Buddhist Association’s East Dhyana Temple, at 83 Division Street, elegantly, distinctively Oriental. | 83 Division St., 83 Division Street, America, Asian, Buddhist temple, Chinatown, Chinese lanterns, Chinese signage, Division Street, East Dhyana Temple, Eastern Buddhist Association, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, building, cityscape, columns, divine, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, place of worship, red doors, religious, sacred, stone, streetscape, temple, tile cornice, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 83 Mott Street | NYC Chinatown: Poy Gum Lee designed On Leong Tong Building (Merchants’ Association Building) with traditional Chinese architectural elements. | 1951, 83 Mott St., 83 Mott Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Fay Da Bakery, Fishion Therapy Center, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Merchants’ Association Building, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, On Leong Tong Building, Poy Gum Lee, architecture, balconies, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, galleries, low-rise, metropolitan, pagoda, retail, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 83-85 Elizabeth Street | 83 and 85 Elizabeth Street, two six-story brick apartment buildings, appear to be a single structure. Iron balconies span the apartments on each floor. | 83-85 Elizabeth St., 83-85 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, iron balconies, metropolitan, multi-family residential, painted, red, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 84 Elizabeth Street | A stamped metal cornice crowns 84 Elizabeth Street, a seven-story brick and terra cotta apartment building in NYC’s Chinatown. | 84 Elizabeth St., 84 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 87 Lafayette Street | NYC Chinatown: 87 Lafayette Street, former home of Engine Company 31, this NYC landmark now houses documentary film producer DCTV and its theater. | 1895, 87 Lafayette St., 87 Lafayette Street, America, Chinatown, DCTV, Empire State, FDNY, Fire Engine Company 31, Firehouse: DCTV's Cinema for Documentary Film, French Renaissance Eclectic, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, Napoleon Le Brun & Sons, New York, New York City, New York County, White Street, adaptive reuse, architecture, bright, building, cityscape, exterior, fire station, firehouse, historic, landmark, metropolitan, morning, stone, streetscape, studio, sunny, theater, urban, vertical |
| 88 Division Street | NYC Chinatown: Architect M. Bernstein used a turret to turn the pointed corner of 88 Division Street/2-6 Eldridge Street, a six-story tenement. | 1900, 2-6 Eldridge Street, 88 Division St., 88 Division Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Division Street, Eldridge Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, M. Bernstein, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, graffiti, metropolitan, morning, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, turret, urban, vertical |
| 88 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: East Broadway Mall, 88 East Broadway, is a city-owned mall under the Manhattan Bridge, with stores and large restaurant/banquet venue. | 88 E Broadway, 88 East Broadway, 88 Palace, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, East Broadway Mall, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Two Bridges, arched entry, architecture, brick, building, city-owned, cityscape, commercial, exterior, graffiti, ground floor retail, horizontal, low-rise, mall, metropolitan, mini-mall, run-down, shoppers, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, urban |
| 88 Elizabeth Street | Terra cotta details at 88 Elizabeth Street, a seven-story brick and terra cotta apartment building in NYC’s Chinatown. | 88 Elizabeth St., 88 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 88-90 Elizabeth Street | Stamped metal cornices crown 88 and 90 Elizabeth Street, brick and terra cotta apartment buildings in NYC’s Chinatown. | 88-90 Elizabeth St., 88-90 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 90 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A LinkNYC WiFi tower at 90 East Broadway. The city-sponsored public WiFi network is supported by advertising at kiosks throughout city. | 90 E Broadway, 90 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, LinkNYC, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, WiFi Tower, architecture, building, busy, city-owned, cityscape, commercial, exterior, fruit stand, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, pedestrians, produce, public WiFi, residential, shopping, shops, steel, stores, street furniture, street scene, streetscape, urban, vertical |
| 90 Elizabeth Street | The red brick façade of apartment building Gioiello, 90 Elizabeth Street, is heavily adorned with terra cotta, in NYC’s Chinatown. | 90 Elizabeth St., 90 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Empire State, Gioiello, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 92-100 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Old brick apartments and new glass high-rise on East Broadway, looking east from Forsyth Street on a quiet weekday morning in June. | 92-100 E Broadway, 92-100 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, E Broadway, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment buildings, architecture, brick, bright, building, cityscape, curtain wall, cyclist, exterior, fire escape, glass, high-rise, metropolitan, morning, old and new, pedestrian, residences, shopping district, shops, stores, street scene, streetscape, sunny, urban, vertical |
| 92-96 Elizabeth Street | 92-96 Elizabeth Street in NYC’s Chinatown is a six-story terra cotta-trimmed brick residential building with street-level stores. | 92-96 Elizabeth St., 92-96 Elizabeth Street, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, flats, ground floor retail, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 93 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: Wyndham Garden Chinatown hotel is one of the out-of-character glass towers sprouting among Chinatown’s century-old tenements. | 93 Bowery, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Wyndham Garden Chinatown, accommodations, aqua, architecture, balconies, blue, blue-green, bright, building, cityscape, commercial, curtain wall, exterior, glass, high-rise, hotel, lodging, metropolitan, modern, reflections, reflective, streetscape, terrace, tower, travel accommodations, travel lodging, traveler accommodations, urban, vertical |
| 94 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: 94 East Broadway, a six-story walk-up apartments over stores composed of red brick and terra cotta, topped by a painted cornice. | 94 E Broadway, 94 East Broadway, America, Chinatown, Chinese signage, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, exterior, flats, ground floor retail, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, multi-family residential, residences, residential, stamped metal cornice, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical, walk-up |
| 94-96 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A pair of brick walk-up apartment buildings on East Broadway, with Chinese signage on the street-level stores. | 94-96 E Broadway, 94-96 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 95 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A brick walk-up apartment building with Chinese signs on the street-level stores; the terra cotta and fire escape are painted green. | 95 E Broadway, 95 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, low-rise, metropolitan, morning, painted, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 96 East Broadway | NYC Chinatown: A typical brick-and-terra cotta walk-up apartment building above a store with Chinese sign, on a quiet weekday morning. | 96 E Broadway, 96 East Broadway, America, Asian, Chinatown, East Broadway, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartment building, apartment house, apartments, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flats, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, morning, multi-family residential, residences, residential, store, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| 97 Bowery | NYC Chinatown: 97 Bowery, a NYC landmark cast iron loft building, is in shabby disrepair, pocked with graffiti and flaking white paint. | 1869, 97 Bowery, America, Chinatown, Empire State, Italianate, K-1 Karaoke Bar, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Peter L. P. Tostevin, arched windows, architecture, blind windows, building, cast iron, cityscape, commercial, dilapidated, engaged columns, exterior, flaking paint, graffiti, historic, landmark, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, run-down, shabby, store and lofts, streetscape, urban, vertical, white |
| 99 Canal Street | NYC Chinatown: 99 Canal Street is a brown brick and stone mixed-use residential/commercial building with green stamped-metal spandrel accents. | 1900, 99 Canal St., 99 Canal Street, America, Chinatown, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, apartments, architecture, brick, brown, building, cityscape, commercial, exterior, green accents, ground floor retail, low-rise, metal spandrels, metropolitan, mixed-use, offices, parapet, residential, stamped metal, stone, store, stores, street-level retail, streetscape, terra cotta, urban, vertical |
| Bayard Street | NYC Chinatown: Bayard Street, looking west from Elizabeth Street in the heart of Chinatown. Colorful paper lanterns hang above the shop-lined street. | America, Asian, Bayard St., Bayard Street, Chinatown, Chinese paper lanterns, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, attraction, building, cityscape, colorful, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, gift shops, horizontal, lanterns, metropolitan, morning, paper lanterns, popular, restaurants, shopping district, stores, streetscape, tenements, tourist destination, tourist district, urban, visitor attraction, walk-up apartments |
| Bowery at Grand Street | Chinese-language signs punctuate a colorful, crowded, busy street scene on the Bowery in NYC’s Chinatown, viewed from Grand Street. | America, Asian, Bowery, Chinatown, Chinese sign, Chinese signage, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, awning, building, busy, cityscape, colorful, crowded, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, fire escape, fire escapes, metropolitan, red, shoppers, shopping street, signs, street scene, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical, yellow |
| Broadway | NYC Chinatown: Red Chinatown markers are almost lost against the backdrop of cast iron and masonry buildings of Broadway south of Canal Street. | America, Asian, Broadway, Chinatown, Chinatown marker, Chinatown markers, Clock Tower Building, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, New York Life Insurance Building, Tribeca East Historic District, architecture, building, bus lane, busy, cast iron buildings, cityscape, east side of Broadway, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, loft buildings, lower Manhattan, masonry, metropolitan, mixed commercial/residential neighborhood, morning, red lane, street view, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical, view from Canal Street, view south |
| Chinatown | Chinese lucky knot hangs from street light poles throughout NYC’s Chinatown. The bright red icons are part of the community’s identity. | America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinatown markers, Empire State, Good Luck icons, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, building, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, icons, light poles, lucky knots, metropolitan, red, street art, streetscape, symbolic, symbolism, tourist destination, urban, vertical |
| Doyers Street | NYC Chinatown: One crooked block long, lantern-lit Doyers Street is barely more than a pedestrian alley linking Pell Street to Chatham Square. | America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese Restaurants, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Doyers Street, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, architecture, building, cityscape, cloudy, colorful, crowded, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, ground floor retail, horizontal, lanterns, metropolitan, morning, painted street, pedestrian mall, pedestrians, shops, store, street-level retail, streetscape, tables, tourist attraction, tourist destination, umbrellas, urban |
| Kimlau Square | NYC Chinatown: Bronze statue of Lin Ze Xu, Chinese philosopher/politician who disrupted opium trade; located at Kimlau Square, part of Chatham Square. | America, Asian, Chatham Square, Chinatown, Empire State, Five Points, Kimlau Memorial Arch, Kimlau Square, LES, Lin Zexu, Lower East Side, Lt. Benjamin Kimlau, Manhattan, NYC, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, NYC designated landmark, New York, New York City, New York County, Parks Department, architecture, building, busy, cityscape, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, historic, intersection, landmark, memorial, metropolitan, morning, park, plaza, statue, streetscape, tourist destination, urban, vertical, war memorial |
| Pell Street | NYC Chinatown: Pell Street, a narrow block-long link between Mott Street and Bowery, is crammed with restaurants and salons (looking east). | America, Asian, Chinatown, Chinese flags, Chinese lanterns, Chinese restaurants, Chinese signage, Chinese signs, Empire State, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC, New York, New York City, New York County, Pell Street, architecture, banners, building, busy, cityscape, colorful, crowded, ethnic neighborhood, exterior, flag, flags, heart of Chinatown, metropolitan, morning, narrow street, paper lanterns, pedestrians, restaurants, streetscape, tourist destination, tourist mecca, urban, vertical |