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.
Statements (30)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.