7. The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation building on 87 Eldridge Street is located at the site of a 100-year-old former synagogue. 87 Eldridge Street was once the home of the congregation Bnai Tifereth Yerushalaim, which purchased the property in 1888. Originally built as a tenement apartment in 1874, the building served the congregation until the 1960s when it was then acquired by the Syrian Orthodox institution Achim Aram Zobah. It was later sold to an African Methodist Episcopal Church, which occupied the building until the 1970s. Abstract-expressionist artist Milton Resnik bought the building and converted it into his studio and residency. His wife and fellow artist Pat Passlof also worked in a synagogue at 80 Forsyth Street. In 2015, the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation was established for the preservation, exhibition, and publication of works by Resnick and Passlof.
Although the building has changed ownership a few times, much of its Lower East Side Jewish history is preserved in the architecture. In the center of the facade is a Star of David in between two patterned arches. Also between the two windows is a plaque in Hebrew.