The artist Jane Freeman immortalized the building in 1993; it then spent the next 26 years as Salaam Bombay.
Originally a seaman's boarding house, the apartment still has some of those original touches, such as built-in wardrobes and glass-paned pocket doors, minus the steel bedsteads. / 4 comments
Plus Spruce Street first graders get a tour of Thalassa; the China Institute offers Go classes; bike lane extended on Lafayette; one more look at the Mill Street Synagogue. / 6 comments
Plus ways to donate your old clothes -- and help a great cause; Jane Freeman discusses her dioramas of local buildings. / 2 comments
A big thank-you again to Jane Freeman for sharing her trove of photos from the '80s and '90s, and thanks to everyone (especially James and Robert Ripps) who helped place the ones that I couldn't. As one last stab, here are the 14 remaining unidentifiables. / 8 comments
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in. / 10 comments
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in. / 9 comments
Plus: Vote no on the community board proposal; Physique 57 opened on Sixth Ave.; Watts Street parking vigilante; Staple Street photo solved; 130 William's facade panels. / 3 comments
Plus: Street closure for a private party; actors' union bake sale to protest Tribeca ad agency; Soho salon hosting a talk about Jane Freeman's miniatures; Preschool of Sciences update; a cautionary tale. / 17 comments
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in. / 14 comments
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in. / 7 comments
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in, but please don't just toss out a guess. / 13 comments
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