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The East Village/Lower East Side Historic District in

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was created by the

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on October 9, 2012.Brazee, Christopher D., et al
"East Village/Lower East Side Historic District Designation Report"

(October 9, 2012) It encompasses 330 buildings, mostly in the East Village neighborhood, primarily along Second Avenue between East

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and 6th Streets, and along the side streets. Some of the buildings are located in a second area between First Avenue and Avenue A along East 6th and

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Streets. The district is based on the one which had been proposed by the

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, with only minor changes, and is the result of a two-year effort to protect the area.

"East Village/Lower East Side Historic District Approved"
(press release, October 9, 2012)

br>"East Village Historic District Approved!
(press release, October 9, 2012) Significant buildings which are located within the district include Congregation Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritz Synagogue at 415 East 6th Street, the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Holy Virgin at 59 East 2nd Street, the Community Synagogue at 323 East 6th Street which was originally the

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, from which parish which many of the victims of the

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disaster came, the building housing the Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A, and the

Middle Collegiate Church The Middle Collegiate Church is a dually aligned United Church of Christ and Reformed Church in America church located at 112 Second Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

at 112 Second Avenue. In addition the district features many row houses and tenements in the

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, and numerous buildings constructed for the German immigrants who dominated the neighborhood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The district also includes the theatres on East 4th Street between Second Avenue and the

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, which the city has named a cultural district, as well as several remnants of the theatres on Second Avenue when Yiddish theatre thrived there and it was called the "

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". Three buildings contributing to this district were destroyed in the East Village gas explosion on March 26, 2015.

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Congregation Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritz Meserich Shul or Meseritz Shul, also known as Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich, Edath Lei'Isroel Ansche Meseritz or Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritz ("Community of Israel, People of Mezertiz"), is a 1910 Orthodox synagogue in the East Village of Manhattan, ...

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McSorley's Old Ale House McSorley's Old Ale House, generally known as McSorley's, is the oldest Irish saloon in New York City. Opened in the mid-19th century at 15 East 7th Street, in today's East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, it was one of the last of the "Men ...

is included in the district File:Club-57.jpg, facade of Club 57 File:Pyramid-club1.jpg, The entrance to the Pyramid Club File:Fillmore East building.jpg, The remnant of the

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at 105 Second Avenue

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:East Village Lower East Side Historic District East Village, Manhattan Historic districts in Lower Manhattan Lower East Side New York City designated historic districts

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