299 West 12th Street
| 299 West 12th Street | |
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On Abingdon Square Park
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| General information | |
| Type | Condominium apartment |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Location | Greenwich Village |
| Town or city | 299 West 12th Street, New York, New York 10014 |
| Country | United States |
| Current tenants | 183 apartments |
| Construction started | 1929 |
| Inaugurated | July 30, 1931 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18 including two penthouse floors |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Emery Roth |
| Developer | Bing & Bing |
299 West 12th Street is a residential building facing south onto Abingdon Square Park in the Greenwich Village Historic District on the west side of lower Manhattan in New York City.
It was built by the developer brothers Bing & Bing and noted architect Emery Roth whose other works include The Beresford and The Eldorado.
The building was granted an occupancy license on July 30, 1931, opening initially as an "apartment hotel" with a kitchen on the ground floor. In 1986, 299 West 12th Street and its sister building, 302 West 12th Street, were converted into condominiums, containing mainly studio and one bedroom units.
It houses 183 condominium apartments.
299 West 12th Street was part of a simultaneous development of five buildings in the area.
Bing & Bing also used Roth to design 59 West 12th Street
They worked with the architectural firm of Boak and Paris on both 302 West 12th Street and 45 Christopher Street. They chose to work with architect Robert T. Lyons on 2 Horatio Street.
Prior to the erection of 299 and 302 West 12th Street, the northern side of Abingdon Square Park was the site of several well regarded five-story row houses. “[C]onstructed of red brick and with artistic wrought iron balcony railings,” notes a New York Times article of the day, “the houses have not only always been well kept, but have been occupied by many prominent residents of the ninth ward.” The destruction of the houses and their replacement with a 16-story high rise were cited by local residents as changing the demographic of the neighborhood in what can be seen as an early case of gentrification in New York City. Since 1969, designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District has helped restrict other such developments in the area.
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