- Year built
- 1928
The Christodora House at 143 Avenue B is a 1928 settlement-house tower converted to cooperative ownership in the late 1980s — the building widely identified as the symbolic anchor of East Village gentrification, situated directly on Tompkins Square Park.
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the Henry C. Pelton architectural pedigree — Pelton's broader body of work includes substantial early-20th-century institutional architecture. Second, the settlement-house original use — Christodora House was the East Village's settlement house from 1928 through the 1947 closure; the building served as a community gathering and social services site through that era. Third, the East Village symbolic anchor — the building's late-1980s conversion to cooperative ownership coincided with the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot and is widely treated in cultural-history coverage as the symbolic moment in East Village gentrification.
What to know if you’re buying
The 1928 Henry C. Pelton settlement-house architectural pedigree is real institutional context.
The Tompkins Square Park direct frontage is structurally distinguishing. Verify line-specific park exposure during walkthrough.
The 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot and the late-1980s gentrification symbolic-anchor cultural history is real institutional context.
The 17-story Romanesque / neo-Gothic Art Deco massing is structurally distinguishing.
Roebling cross-references the offering plan through the Real Estate Library during diligence.
Comparable buildings
- Stewart House (70 East 10th) — Mayer 1960; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- 111 East 14th Street (Zeckendorf Towers) — Davis Brody 1987; nearby East Village peer
- 1 Astor Place (Sculpture for Living) — Gwathmey Siegel 2005; nearby East Village trophy peer
- 21 Astor Place — Harney 1890 / 2003 conversion; nearby NoHo peer
- 40 Bond Street — Herzog & de Meuron 2007; nearby NoHo trophy peer
The Roebling Team at The Christodora House
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.