Frank Stella studio 1904

The 11,800-square-foot Beaux Arts building at 126 East 13th Street, originally built in 1904, housed the Van Tassell & Kearney Auction Mart, one of the city‘s top sellers of horses and horse-drawn carriages. During World War II, the building was used as an assembly-line training center for women. After the war, it was used as a machine shop, and would continue to operate as such until the late 1970s, when famed sculptor Frank Stella converted the building to an art studio. The building served as Stella's studio from 1978-2005.

After a 6-year campaign to save the building, it finally became an official City landmark in 2012.

Today, 126-128 East 13th Street houses the Peridance Capezio Center.

edited from Real Deal