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56 Third Avenue
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This three-story brick building was erected in 1906 by architect L. Gilles for Luder Reinken. It was the home of a noted sculptor and housed one of the Tenth Street Galleries, which participated in the emergence of the underground film scene. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
Commerce Tour: East of Broadway
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Multiple innovators in the field of commerce were located here, once the center of commerce in New York, along with the headquarters of several prominent businesses. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.
88 East 10th Street
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This building was constructed in the Greek Revival Style in 1844-45 as a private residence by Peter Stuyvesant, a direct descendant of the last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam. It later became the home and studio of famed Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. In the 1940s, Selma Hortense Burke lived and worked. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
107-109 East 9th Street
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This five-story brick building was constructed in 1853 for Doctor Parker. For many years this building was the home of the Pageant Book and Print Shop, one of the last of the Book Row sellers. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
105 East 9th Street
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This four-story building was constructed pre-1864. Stripped of its original facade, it has minimal design except at the ground level entrance, which has a modern metallic design surrounded by polished stone.
61 Fourth Avenue
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This six-story brick building was designed by Benjamin E. Lowe in 1889 in the Romanesque Revival style. Artist Robert Indiana had a studio here, the influential avant-garde Reuben Gallery was located here, Grove Press owner Barney Rosset lived here for decades until his death, and a prominent Book Row seller was also located at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
60 Third Avenue
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This four-story brick rowhouse was built in 1839 for A. Thompson. A German American illustrator and a family of famed vaudeville performers lived here.
52 Third Avenue
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This three-story building was once two separate structures. Though they were likely constructed in the 19th century, they have since been given a complete 20th-century makeover. A famous shop was formerly located here, and was photographed by a number of prominent photographers.
86 East 10th Street
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This five-story loft building with modern cladding was designed by architect Isidore Fried in 1906. It housed several influential galleries which were part of the 10th Street Galleries of the 1950s.
58 Third Avenue
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This four-story rowhouse was built in 1838-39 for James E. Hills. It is among the oldest surviving structures in the area built as a house, and was the site of one of the largest and most prominent tailoring establishments on Third Avenue in the 19th century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
63 Fourth Avenue
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This building was originally constructed in the mid-19th century and altered in 1927 to the designs of architect Sidney Daub. It was the home of a prominent Book Row seller whose customers included Oklahoma’s first Senator Thomas Pryor Gore, Theodore Dreiser, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carl Sandburg, and Ethel Barrymore. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
Artists Tour
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An incredible array of sites in the area are connected to the great artists and art movements of the last century and a half. In the mid-20th century, this area was ground zero for the New York School of artists, who shifted the center of the art world from Paris to New York. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.
57 Fourth Avenue
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This corner lot consists of a one story, red brick commercial building with metal paned windows, likely constructed in 1984. A prominent Book Row seller operated out of the building formerly located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
84 East 10th Street
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This building was originally constructed c. 1837 as a three-story brick rowhouse with a raised basement for Samuel Secor. As of 2012, the brick was painted and refaced with Neo-Grec detailing, which was then refaced with modern cladding. During the mid-20th century, the building housed the Tribal Arts Gallery and Off-Bowery Theater. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
59 Fourth Avenue
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This eight-story white brick and stone neo-Classical building was constructed in 1897 by architects Neville & Bagge for Jno. K. Todd. It housed clothing manufacturers, the Oakland Chemical Company, multiple publishing companies, a Book Row seller, and “the Library of Science.” Among the publishers was one which re-published a seminal work touted as one of the classics in the 20th century which provided a compelling depiction of Jewish immigrant life on the Lower East Side. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
71-73 Fourth Avenue
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In 2019, a ten-story concrete residential building was constructed here, replacing a one-story commercial building. The structure was designed by SBLM Architects for Nava Partners, LLC. A number of prominent Book Row sellers were located at buildings previously at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
65-69 Fourth Avenue
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This eight-story Renaissance Revival stone loft building was constructed around 1897 for Charles B. and John E. Sagar. Charles Sagar was also the architect. A series of Book Row sellers have operated out of the current and previous buildings. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
48 Third Avenue
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This five-story tenement with stores was designed in 1886 by James M. Farnsworth for Samuel Thorne. The unusual red brick building with florid naturalistic ornament housed the March Gallery in the late 1950s, which had a large impact on the mid-20th century art scene. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
Stewart House
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Known as Stewart House, this 21-story mid-century modern apartment building was constructed in 1960 and designed by Robert and Sylvan Bien. This structure occupies the entire block, previously occupied by the A.T. Stewart Department Store, built in 1862. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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