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Joe P.A most interesting pursuit of a very interesting question.
My regret is thus.
During the late 1940's I attended high school in the lower east side of Manhattan in NYC, I was not far from Nassau and Ann St.
Historically, since the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, it's not only an old area, but the original melting pot.
While I was attending school in that area, there were many of the buildings still standing from well before the turn of the century.
Had I known about Peck and Snyder during that time, I would have taken a trolley or the 3rd Ave El to the City Hall area, - walked around Nassau and Ann St, and checked out the site.
A great thread.
Beam me up Scotty.