Tesla's Home Addresses, 1889-1943

Here in my exploration of the life of Nikola Tesla, I am listing his home addresses beginning in 1889. There is a common theme to his residences: the grandest or most modern choice of its day. Home Addresses: 1889-1892 Astor House Hotel, Manhattan. Broadway between Vesey and Barclay Street. Built...

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Tesla As He Was Listed in Trow's Corporation Directories, 1889-1921

Trow Publishing put out three different annual directories describing business and home addresses in New York. These were the Business Directory, the City Directory and the Copartnership and Corporation Directories. This post will focus on Tesla's appearance in the Copartnership and Coorporation Directory*. A...

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Reconstructing Tesla's East Houston Neighborhood.

I have undertaken the task of reconstructing Tesla's East Houston neighborhood using information from the city atlases and the Trow's business directories. Links to the sources are available near the bottom of the post. Bromley Atlases. The Bromley atlases of New York City (or Manhattan, etc.) are...

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A Clear Photo of the Building that Housed Tesla's East Houston Laboratory

I decided to continue my search for photos of the buildings which housed Tesla's labs by looking for photos of nearby buildings, in particular by Googling adjoining addresses. In doing so I've come across a good, clear photo of his East Houston Street laboratory building. Tesla moved into...

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Tesla's Liberty Street Laboratory

In 1887, Nikola Tesla rented his first laboratory. This is described in Carlson's biography: Tesla’s first laboratory was located in New York’s financial district. The laboratory was at 89 Liberty Street, just around the corner from the offices of Mutual Union at 120 Broadway. On the ground floor was...

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Tesla's South Fifth Avenue Laboratory

In August of 1892, Tesla moved his laboratory from 175 Grand to 33-35 South Fifth Avenue where he took up the fourth floor. This was on the east side of the middle of the block, south of Third, north of Bleecker. He continued there for two and a half years until his laboratory burnt down on March 13,...

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Tesla's Grand Street Laboratory, Updated 11/23/15

Updates at the bottom of the page include photos of buildings from the area, including one that has Tesla's lab in the extreme corner. Also, historic "Bird's Eye View" maps have been added. After describing the fate of Nikola Tesla's Houston Street laboratory in yesterday's post, I thought, to be...

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Setting the record straight on Nikola Tesla's East Houston laboratory.

Note: I have come across a clear photo of the building which housed Tesla's laboratory on East Houston which I present in a more recent post. The evidence that it is, indeed, the correct building is partly based on what is written below. I have undertaken a fair amount of research regarding Nikola...

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