Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 2 Horatio Street is a landmarked residential building located in the Greenwich Village Historic District on the west side of lower Manhattan in New York City.It faces north onto Horatio Street (named for Major General Horatio Gates) and Jackson Square Park. It borders Greenwich Avenue to the east.In April 1929 the developer brothers Bing & Bing announced that they had acquired all the necessary land on Horatio, West Twelfth and Christopher Streets to build five high-end residential buildings in a concerted effort to "recreate" the Greenwich Village neighborhood.For 2 Horatio Street, Bing & Bing chose architect Robert T. Lyons. They had just finished working with him on the Gramercy Park Hotel which had opened just a few years earlier in 1925. The Bing brothers and Lyons also partnered on what was a major technological breakthrough in 1916—creating the world's tallest apartment building at 17 stories on Park Avenue.2 Horatio Street is rendered in red and brown brick. It has Art Deco references that include four horizontal, terra cotta decorations using greek key motifs at the fourth and sixteenth floors and circle-in-square motifs at the cornice. Granted an occupancy license on August 7, 1931 the building operated initially as an apartment hotel with a dining room on the ground floor.A significant addition was added in 1963 fronting Horatio Street adding four apartments per floor. The building was sold by Bing & Bing in 1985 and became cooperative apartments in 1987.It houses 242 cooperative apartments and one commercial space.. }
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- 2_Horatio_Street abstract "2 Horatio Street is a landmarked residential building located in the Greenwich Village Historic District on the west side of lower Manhattan in New York City.It faces north onto Horatio Street (named for Major General Horatio Gates) and Jackson Square Park. It borders Greenwich Avenue to the east.In April 1929 the developer brothers Bing & Bing announced that they had acquired all the necessary land on Horatio, West Twelfth and Christopher Streets to build five high-end residential buildings in a concerted effort to "recreate" the Greenwich Village neighborhood.For 2 Horatio Street, Bing & Bing chose architect Robert T. Lyons. They had just finished working with him on the Gramercy Park Hotel which had opened just a few years earlier in 1925. The Bing brothers and Lyons also partnered on what was a major technological breakthrough in 1916—creating the world's tallest apartment building at 17 stories on Park Avenue.2 Horatio Street is rendered in red and brown brick. It has Art Deco references that include four horizontal, terra cotta decorations using greek key motifs at the fourth and sixteenth floors and circle-in-square motifs at the cornice. Granted an occupancy license on August 7, 1931 the building operated initially as an apartment hotel with a dining room on the ground floor.A significant addition was added in 1963 fronting Horatio Street adding four apartments per floor. The building was sold by Bing & Bing in 1985 and became cooperative apartments in 1987.It houses 242 cooperative apartments and one commercial space.".