The story
This five-story, twelve-unit building at 288 Grand Street was constructed in 1910, during the peak era of tenement construction on the Lower East Side. It is a representative example of the old-law tenement style typical of the neighborhood—built to maximize occupancy in a dense urban area. The building has operated continuously as residential housing since its completion. Like many buildings along Grand Street in this era, it would have housed successive waves of immigrant families—German Jews, Italian immigrants, and later Chinese and Puerto Rican residents—working in the neighborhood's factories, shops, and small businesses. The building remains in residential use today, currently owned and operated as a rental apartment building.
Everything that was here
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Built in 1910 as a classic Lower East Side old-law tenement, 288 Grand Street has housed immigrant families and working-class residents for over a century.
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