- Year built
- 1955
The Lafayette is built on the site of the celebrated Hotel Lafayette — the bohemian / expat literary haunt for nearly a century, with the famed Café Lafayette. Per Village Preservation (citing Allen Churchill's The Improper Bohemians), the Café was "the real link between the old Village and the new, since it was the cradle of artistic life in New York."
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the historic Lafayette Hotel / Café Lafayette site provenance. Second, the H.I. Feldman 1955 mid-century architecture — "attractive white-marble entrance surround and white marble lintels above its windows" (CityRealty editorial). Third, the 145-unit Gold Coast corridor operational scale.
Recent sales
Moderate turnover for 145-unit prewar-feel post-war. Pricing typically $1,200-1,700/sf for renovated full-floors.
What to know if you’re buying
The Hotel Lafayette / Café Lafayette site provenance is real cultural-history context.
The H.I. Feldman architectural pedigree connects to Manhattan mid-century apartment body of work.
The white-marble entrance surround and lintels anchor architectural identity.
The 145-unit Gold Coast East 9th corridor location is real institutional context.
Comparable buildings
- The Sheridan (40 East 9th Street) — 1950; immediate East 9th peer
- 2 Fifth Avenue — Roth & Sons 1952; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- 1 Fifth Avenue — Helmle & Corbett 1929; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- Devonshire House (28 East 10th) — Roth / 2011 condo; nearby Greenwich Village peer
- 3 Sheridan Square — Feldman 1965; nearby West Village peer
The Roebling Team at The Lafayette
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty (building 2285); Village Preservation; Wikipedia "Hotel Lafayette (New York City)"; NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.