Hudson Square, King Street Between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue

Mary Sargent © 2008 …………………………………….. click to enlarge

When I came home after this walk and did a little research, I discovered that King Street is part of a little historic district, the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. These three streets are only 3 blocks long and run between Greenwich Street and Sixth Avenue. A neat little 3x3 area.

Then I realized that I hadn’t done King Street justice and that I must plan a walk specifically to cover this area.

In the meantime, I give you this photo which I’m guessing depicts numbers 15 and 17. In the 1966 report from the Landmarks Preservation Commission, numbers 15 and 17 are described as the buildings on King Street that "most clearly retain their original Federal flavor. Although their doors and lintels have been altered, they retain their original pitched roofs, dormers and cornices. The doorways are in their original state, as are their shallow stoops."

Just a guess. I'll check further when I return.

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Hudson Square, King Street Between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue

Mary Sargent © 2008 ……... click to enlarge

Posting in haste tonight. This important looking building used to be Public School 8, built in 1886, "a lively Queen Anne" according to the AIA Guide. Now a condominium.

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Hudson Square, King Street Between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue

Mary Sargent © 2008 …………………………………….. click to enlarge

Last Friday, after therapy, I went down to Soho to a new optician recommended by my opthamologist. I knew this guy would be more expensive than Lenscrafters, but I was never happy with my glasses from Lenscrafters and I've suffered with them for years, so I figured it was time to get good glasses. I deserved good glasses, I told myself.

So I took the No. 1 to Houston and walked into that area now being called Hudson Square even by people who live there, not just real estate agents, so I guess I'll have to acquiesce. Before it was called Hudson Square, it wasn't called much of anything, so it did need a name, but Hudson Square just sounds so wrong. So fancy. Not appropriate. I'll try to give up complaining after tonight.

I walked one block of King Street, then crossed Sixth Avenue into Soho.

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