302 West 12th Street
| 302 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 |
Abingdon Square Park Greenwich Village |
| Town or city | 302 West 12th Street, New York, New York 10014 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°44′15″N 74°0′17″W / 40.73750°N 74.00472°WCoordinates: 40°44′15″N 74°0′17″W / 40.73750°N 74.00472°W |
| Current tenants | 129 apartments |
| Construction started | 1929 |
| Completed | 1931 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18 including two penthouse floors |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Boak and Paris |
| Developer | Bing & Bing |
302 West 12th Street is a residential building facing west onto Abingdon Square Park in the Greenwich Village Historic District[1] on the west side of lower Manhattan in New York City.
It was built by the developer brothers Bing & Bing with the architectural firm of Boak and Paris. Russell M. Boak and Hyman F. Paris left the architectural firm of Emery Roth to start their own practice in 1927.
The building opened in the late summer of 1931 and currently houses 129 condominium apartments.
It was part of a simultaneous development of five buildings in the area. Bing & Bing also worked with Boak and Paris on 45 Christopher Street.
They chose architect Emery Roth for both 299 West 12th Street and 59 West 12th Street.
And they chose to work with architect Robert T. Lyons on 2 Horatio Street.
Leo Bing, announced on April 1, 1929 that his firm had quietly acquired 75 small lots and old buildings largely around Abingdon Square, Sheridan Square and Jackson Square Park. And the lots would be combined to allow for a set of larger-scale, 17-story apartment buildings.
He said his goal was to "recreate the entire district as a modern counterpart of the high-class residential section it once was" saying it would "rival Central Park West and the fashionable east side within a few years." He cited the goal of neighborhood reinvention as the reason for the simultaneous building, saying his hope was that "complete transformation of the section may be achieved as quickly as possible.”
Also, in more practical terms, he mentioned the "imminent" IND Eighth Avenue Line, and recent completion of the West Side Elevated Highway and even the Holland Tunnel as increasing accessibility to—and demand for—the area.
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