29 Bedford Street (New York City, New York)

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5-story cooperative-apartment building completed in 1888. Designed by M.V.B. Ferdan, it is clad in brick - painted blue-grey on the ground floor and red on the upper floors. The doorway at the corner of the ground floor is cut-out and recessed, with a single round column supporting the floors above. At the upper floors, the long side along Downing Street has two sets of slightly-projecting brick piers with decorative brickwork. The windows all have stone sills and lintels, and decorative brick panels between the floors.The Bedford Street facade has a black iron fire escape, and both facades are crowned by a black metal modillioned roof cornice. The ground floor is occupied by Ditch Plains, a Hamptons-style clam shack named for a Montauk surf spot.