127 (right) and 129 (left) Pitt st,

No 127 Pitt st, 7-sty brick tenement and stores, 25'x 87'4"
CONSTRUCTED; 1901
COST; $22,000.00
OWNER; L L Richman 89 Bowery
ARCHITECT; Kurtzer & Rohl 190 Bowery

Interior brick from 127 Pitt st. with dog's paw print clearly embedded in the clay at the brick yard before firing! Obviously from the careful placement of the paw, this was not an accident.

I just happened to see the brick laying on top of a pile of bricks that had dropped down to ground level inside the building from the upper floor that had been torn down by that point. By luck it came to rest paw print up and amazingly caught my eye due to it's being different from the rest.

One end of it is blackened and so I believe this brick was part of the chimney.

Upper of two piece panel from 129 Pitt, top floor;

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