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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 7th Streets. The district is based on the one which had been proposed by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, 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) Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservationbr>"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 OCA 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 Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew, from which parish many of the victims of the General Slocum disaster came, the building housing the Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A, and the Middle Collegiate Church 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

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thrived there and it was called the " Jewish Rialto". Three buildings contributing to this district were destroyed in the East Village gas explosion on March 26, 2015.

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File:WSTM Team Dustizeff 0087.jpg, Congregation Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritz File:101 Avenue A Pyramid Club.jpg, 101 Avenue A, built in 1876, location of the Club File:German-lutheran-323-e-6th.jpg, Community Synagogue, formerly St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church File:Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection.jpg, Cathedral of the Protection of the Holy Virgin File:McSorley's Old Ale House.jpg,

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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 Filmore East 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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