Lafayette Place, Manhattan

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Lafayette Place in Manhattan was a fashionable 19th-century New York City residential street known for its grand townhouses and prominent wealthy residents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former residential street
historic street
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedAs elite residential street
developmentStatus largely absorbed into Lafayette Street
hasArchitecturalStyle Greek Revival townhouses
hasHistoricalEra 19th century
hasHistoricalSignificance example of early 19th-century elite New York planning
hasNotableBuilding Astor Library NERFINISHED
Colonnade Row NERFINISHED
LaGrange Terrace NERFINISHED
hasNotableResident John Jacob Astor NERFINISHED
members of the Astor family
hasOriginalUse high-end housing
hasSection Lafayette Street NERFINISHED
hasTransformation from residential street to part of a commercial thoroughfare
hasUrbanFunction upper-class residential enclave
knownFor fashionable 19th-century residential character
grand townhouses
prominent wealthy residents
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
New York State NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter Marquis de Lafayette NERFINISHED
namedFor Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette NERFINISHED
partOf NoHo, Manhattan NERFINISHED
replacedBy Lafayette Street NERFINISHED
streetType urban street
urbanContext Lower Manhattan NERFINISHED

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William Backhouse Astor Sr. notableResidence Lafayette Place, Manhattan