50 East 10th Street: Review and Ratings
between University Place & Broadway View Full Building Profile
Well located on the east side of Greenwich Village, this handsome, 10-story building was erected in 1929 and converted to a cooperative apartment building in 1982. It has 107 units.
It is close to New York University, Cooper Union and the New School for Social Research, many restaurants, the Strand Bookstore, and both Washington Square and Union Square parks. Madison Avenue buses are nearby on University Place and several subway lines are nearby.
This area of the Village is a very interesting mix of superb early commercial buildings, some fine pre-war apartment buildings, some large post-war apartment buildings, a bowling alley, and the exquisite Grace Episcopal Church nearby.
Whereas the best blocks of the Village were for decades considered to be on the west side of Fifth Avenue, the renaissance of Union Square and the Flatiron District have led to the rediscovery of this neighborhood that was once rather quiet, but now is very lively.
This building has a two-step-up entrance, sidewalk landscaping, some balconies, a wrought-iron fence, a concierge and a two-story light stone base and beige-brick façade.
Its broad façade is modulated by some recesses. While it is a relatively plain building, especially in comparison with some of the quite extraordinary midblock buildings nearby, it is quite elegant in its restraint.
Carter B. Horsley
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