"This therapist unlocked a piece of history. Construction crews working on a refreshed storefront for a Brooklyn psychotherapy office discovered stunning, century-old stained glass that offers a sneak peek into Greenpoint's past. "I was totally blown away. It's a huge unexpected gift," Karen G. Costa, who has rented Brooklyn Psychotherapy's office at 705 Manhattan Ave. for years, told The Post. "I almost cried.""
"Three separate panels stretch across the storefront windows in white, green and black glass, reading "perfumes," "toilet articles" and "prescriptions," as first reported by Forgotten New York. The styled glass perfectly matches the massive "706" attached to its neighboring door that leads to the apartments above the therapy office that has been on display for decades - as well as the original drugstore sign that Costa's landlord had stashed in the basement."
"A 1940 tax photo shows the beautiful stained glass that once adorned a business by the name of John H. Wienholz's Drug Store. Archival newspapers show adverts for the shop dating as far back as 1920. Wienholz made his own cough medication, according to Forgotten New York. It's not clear when the drug store shuttered, but a tax photo from the 1980s shows that an auto parts store had taken its place."
Construction crews renovating a Greenpoint storefront at 705 Manhattan Ave. uncovered century-old stained glass advertising "perfumes," "toilet articles" and "prescriptions." The panels match a long-displayed "706" apartment number and an original drugstore sign found in a landlord's basement. A 1940 tax photo confirms the stained glass once adorned John H. Wienholz's Drug Store, and newspaper adverts date the shop to at least 1920; Wienholz made his own cough medication. The drug store later became an auto parts store by the 1980s. The current tenant, a psychotherapist, refused offers to sell the panels and intends to preserve them for her patients.
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