This four-story building was designed in 1870 as a school for St. Ann’s Church by the well-know architect Napoleon LeBrun, who later became the official architect of the NYFD. It housed what was once the city's leading civil service school. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

A new building permit for 771-785 Broadway/63-67 East 9th Street/60-62 East 10th Street was filed in 1952. A significant 19th century Civil War photographer, who took a portrait for the ascendant presidential hopeful Abraham Lincoln, had a studio at a now-demolished building at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story rowhouse with a raised basement was built c. 1830 and retains few of its 19th century details. The current Greek Revival configuration likely dates to an 1851 alteration for Thomas Sturges. One of the most celebrated DJs and remixers of the last forty years, who transformed the NYC music, club, and LGBTQ nightlife scene in the late 20th century, had a recording and mixing studio in this building. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This three-story Beaux-Arts building was designed in 1903 by architects Jardine, Kent & Jardine as an auction mart for horses and then automobiles. The part of the building facing East 12th Street dates to 1890. 126-128 East 13th Street housed a vocational school for women during World War II and was the studio for over a quarter century of noted artist Frank Stella. It was saved from planned demolition. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Built as the rectory for Grace Church, this Gothic Revival structure was constructed in 1846 and designed by James Renwick, Jr., who also designed the church. It was designated an individual NYC landmark in 1966. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The four-story rowhouse at 64 Third Avenue was likely built for John B. Corlier in 1838-39. The adjacent four-story brick building at 122-124 East 11th Street was probably constructed at the same time for Smith & Ely. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story Greek Revival rowhouse was built in 1847-48 for Elias Brevoort. Along with 102 Fourth Avenue it is the sole survivor of a row of at least eight such houses which once lined this section of Fourth Avenue. It was also the home of a prominent Book Row seller featuring titles on mathematics, philosophy, science, and sexology. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Originally two separate lots, the buildings at 105-109 Third Avenue have been combined. The larger Neo-Grec Pre-Law tenement building was constructed in 1879 by architect M. Fornachen for by P.J. Seiler or R. Stuyvesant (according to different sources). The smaller building was constructed in 1837 for William Stone as a Federal style rowhouse. Together these combined buildings house the flagship store for Kiehl’s Since 1851, founded by first generation German-American John Kiehl. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

On March 12, 1651, Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of the Dutch West India Company, purchased Bouwerie (Dutch for ‘farm’) #1 and part of Bouwerie #2 in what is today’s East Village and the area South of Union Square. While these landholdings only remained farmland for a fraction of their existence, the area between present-day 5th and 20th Streets, from Fourth Avenue to the East River, would nevertheless remain in the Stuyvesant family for many generations. Though the land eventually traded hands to new owners, the Stuyvesant family imprint can still be seen on the neighborhood today in a number of ways. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This dormitory was built for NYU by architect Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in 1999. The previous building on this site, known as the Academy of Music and then The Palladium, served as a deluxe movie palace, an iconic rock venue, and later a nightclub. An even earlier building here housed the reading room that eventually became the New York Free Circulating Library. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

Originally two separate lots, the buildings at 105-109 Third Avenue have been combined. The larger Neo-Grec Pre-Law tenement building was constructed in 1879 by architect M. Fornachen for by P.J. Seiler or R. Stuyvesant (according to different sources). The smaller building was constructed in 1837 for William Stone as a Federal style rowhouse. Together these combined buildings house the flagship store for Kiehl’s Since 1851, founded by first generation German-American John Kiehl. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This building was originally erected c. 1846-47 for Peter Lorillard Jr. It was built as a four-story Greek Revival rowhouse, but the top two floors were demolished in 1938.

This five-story masonry building was constructed as two separate buildings c. 1852-53 for Thomas McKie. In 1967 the buildings were combined and given a new facade.

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.

The present four-story brick loft building at 121-123 Fourth Avenue is a combination of two buildings at 121 and 123 Fourth Avenue that probably date to the mid-19th century but were conjoined with the single facade we see today in 1937. 121 and 123 Fourth Avenue were home to a number of Book Row sellers over the course of the late-19th and 20th centuries. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story plus raised basement Italianate style rowhouse was built c. 1847-48 for William Bailey. The house’s façade has been stuccoed, but it retains its Italianate doorway, cornice, and elaborate stoop and areaway ironwork. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This ten-story Beaux Arts style loft building was constructed in 1903 for builder Jeremiah C. Lyons and designed by Buchman & Fox. The publishing house Jacobsen Publishing was located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This six-story building was constructed by Moore and Hutchins in 1951-52. One of the most outstanding examples of contextual, historicist architecture of its time, it houses Grace Church School with 86 Fourth Avenue and is part of the Grace Church individual NYC landmark designated in 1966. Multiple Book Row sellers were located at this site before the current building was erected. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This six-story Romanesque Revival style loft building was designed by Richard Berger in 1891. It was originally commissioned by fur manufacturers Louis and Samuel Sachs, and was later home to several publishing houses. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story brick building was constructed c. 1850 for Peter Goelet. During the Civil War, this building was the home of the Hall of the Loyal National League, for which James A. Roosevelt served as secretary. A premier photographer of the late 1800s was also located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

Designed by William Rouse and Sloan in the Chateauesque style, this nine-story loft building was constructed in 1907. It was the home of a clothing manufacturer whose owner was President of the second Jewish congregation established in NYC. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 12-story Beaux Arts style loft building was constructed in 1906 by George Anderson for E.J. Galway Building Co. The building is clad in ashlar stone and has minimal classical decorative elements.

This rowhouse was constructed in 1835-39 as a single-family house for Caleb Bartlett. The building is among the oldest in the area and represents the earliest wave of urban development here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This two-story firehouse was constructed in 1928 for the New York City Fire Department (originally Hook & Ladder Co. No. 3) by architect John R. Sliney. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This ten-story, two bay Beaux Arts style structure was constructed in 1902 by architect Frederick C. Browne for Philip Braender. It was home to several dance studios and a printer started by a notable

This four-story brick rowhouse was built in 1839 for Caleb Bartlett. Until 2016, this building housed the New York Central Art Supply, frequented by a long list of renowned artists. James T. Lee, the grandfather of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, also lived in this building. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This building was constructed in 1981-85 by architect John Klausz & Seymour Churgin for Ben Hakimian.

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.

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.

This six-story Neo-Classical style loft building was constructed in 1899 by architect Schickel & Ditmars for Samuel Sachs. The German-born William Schickel was the architect of many other notable buildings, including the German Library and Dispensary. This building became home to the first 12-track recording studio in the country. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Webster Hall was designed by Charles Rentz, Jr. in the Queen Anne style in 1886 with an annex from 1892. As a gathering spot for nearly a century and a half, it has been the scene of an extraordinary array of history in terms of left wing, progressive, and labor organizing; early LGBTQ gatherings; and musical recordings and performances. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This tan five-story brick building, which shows characteristics of the Art Deco style, was designed by architect William Whitehill for the New York Edison Company in 1922. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The eleven-story Renaissance Revival building at 830 Broadway was built in 1897 and designed by Cleverdon & Putzel. A Book Row seller was located at the previous building at this site. Its neighbor at 832-834 Broadway was designed in 1896 by Ralph S. Townsend for the Commercial Realty and Improvement Company, also in the Renaissance Revival style. Both feature cast-iron storefronts. 832-834 housed several apparel manufacturers and was the site of a prominent shirtwaist strike and picket line. The building also housed a series of publishing companies, many of which were associated with the Communist Party U.S.A. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This cast iron building was designed in 1868 in the Italianate/French Second Empire style by architect John Kellum for James McCreery. It was once home to the city’s most elegant department store, James McCreery & Co. Dry Goods, and introduced several important innovations in department storefront sales. It suffered multiple devastating fires over the years, but was saved from demolition by its resilient cast-iron frame and an innovative plan in the early 1970s to convert the building to residences — the first such legal conversion of a manufacturing loft building in New York, which paved the way for hundreds more in its wake. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The eleven-story Renaissance Revival building at 830 Broadway was built in 1897 and designed by Cleverdon & Putzel. A Book Row seller was located at the previous building at this site. Its neighbor at 832-834 Broadway was designed in 1896 by Ralph S. Townsend for the Commercial Realty and Improvement Company, also in the Renaissance Revival style. Both feature cast-iron storefronts. 832-834 housed several apparel manufacturers and was the site of a prominent shirtwaist strike and picket line. The building also housed a series of publishing companies, many of which were associated with the Communist Party U.S.A. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This complex, the former Hotel Albert, consists of four buildings at 23 East 10th Street/40-52 East 11th Street/65-67 University Place. The first, a set of five-story altered row houses, was designed by James Irving Howard and constructed by Albert Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum also constructed the second building, an eight-story “French Flat” designed by Henry Hardenbergh. Originally used for residential purposes, this building was innovative in its use of apartment house design for middle- or upper-class residents. Buchman & Fox architects designed a twelve-story Beaux-Arts style extension. The final section, a six-story neo-Colonial building, was designed by William L. Bottomly and the firm of Sugarman & Hess. The buildings were constructed in 1875-76, 1881-82, 1903-1904, and 1922-1924, respectively. From the 1880s through the early 1970s, the Hotel played a large role in New York City’s cultural life. During the postwar era, prominent painters, writers, photographers, and musicians found inspiration at the hotel. Queer and African-American artists established communities here, as did radical, Jewish, and working-class organizations such as the Progressive Labor Party. For a brief period, the hotel hosted dramatic productions at the “Albert Theatre.” Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story Greek Revival row house was built in 1847-48 by Henry Brevoort, though Mrs. Renwick became the owner in 1848. Along with 100 Fourth Avenue it is the sole survivor of a row of at least eight such houses which once lined this section of Fourth Avenue. It was the home of a famed Book Row seller, as well as a renowned photographer who documented African American life and subjects, in addition to leftist/labor themes. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The 1902 eleven-story Renaissance Revival style building at 826 Broadway was constructed for the National Realty Company by architect William H. Birkmire and builder John H. Parker. The Strand Bookstore, one of the last of the “Book Row” sellers, has been here since 1957. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This striking six-story loft building, which runs the entire block from Broadway to Fourth Avenue behind Grace Church, was designed in 1887 by James Renwick, noted architect of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Grace Church, along with partners James Lawrence Aspinwall and William Hamilton Russell. The building was home to notable publishers connected to the likes of Norman Rockwell and clothing manufacturers. It was the scene of significant labor disputes, and played a pivotal role in Caleb Carr’s mystery novel The Alienist. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eleven-story complex was built in 1923 by Harvey Wiley Corbett and Wallace K. Harrison. Classical details, combined with modernist geometric elements, characterize Corbett and Harrison’s architecture as some of the most influential of the mid-20th century. A renowned indie-rock singer and Tony-Award winning playwright called this building home. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This twelve-story structure was constructed as manufacturing lofts in 1908 by renowned architect Schwartz & Gross for the Brevoort Construction Co. Several Trotskyite organizations were located here, and the weekly organ of the Workers Party of the U.S., the New Militant, was published at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This seven-story building was erected in 1874 by Edward Kearney for Joseph M. Dunne. Originally it was used as a stable and auction house for horse carriages. Prominent piano felt manufacturers Alfred Dolge and Son and the American Felt Company were both located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

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.

Designed by Renwick, Aspinwall, & Tucker, this seven-story loft building was constructed in 1905 in the neo-Classical style. The building was originally owned by Ida S. Bruch, daughter of William Schlemmer of the notable hardware company Hammacher & Schlemmer. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This red painted brick rowhouse was constructed in 1854 for J. Butler. It served as a meeting house for the Transport Workers Union. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This ten-story, two bay Beaux Arts style structure was constructed in 1902 by architect Frederick C. Browne for Philip Braender. It was home to several dance studios and a printer started by a notable

Constructed as a three-story single-family rowhouse, this building was completely refaced sometime after the mid-1980s.

This nine-story loft building was constructed in 1899 by architect Rudolph Mueller for Owen Costello.

The area south of Union Square contains a stunning array of residential and commercial architecture from the 19th through the early 20th century. There is a particularly rich array of late 19th and early 20th-century factory/loft/warehouse architecture, in every style from Italianate to Gothic and Romanesque Revival, Neo-classical, Queen Anne, Victorian, and Byzantine. Work by some of America’s greatest architects, including James Renwick Jr., Henry J. Hardenbergh, Emery Roth, Griffith Thomas, Napoleon LeBrun, Harvey Wiley Corbett, David, and John Jardine, George B. Post, Carrere and Hastings, John Kellum, and Charles Rentz, among others, can be found here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This 12-story apartment building constructed ca.1985 replaced a building which housed the Hansa Gallery, one of the “East 10th Street Galleries” started by Wolf Kahn. A prominent Book Row seller was also located at a building formerly here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This three-story brick building was constructed in 1845 on land owned by the Stuyvesant Family. One of the most popular athletes in the United States in the late nineteenth century later opened a sporting club here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

A vast array of people who made a mark in the field of politics had connections to this area, including many notable "firsts" to run for or win office. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This fifteen-story building is the New School’s first dormitory, completed in 1989 by architect Prentice Chan Ohlhausen.

This eight-story loft building was designed in 1898 by architect William J. Dilthey for McKinney & Von Schow. The building features a strong classical vocabulary in its decorative elements, including a rusticated second floor and paired arched windows at the sixth and eighth floors. It was the home of a Book Row seller, and an influential Italian anti-Fascist publication founded and published by a prominent member of the Democratic Socialist Party of Italy. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Louis Korn designed this eight-story loft building in 1897, which combines neo-Renaissance and neo-Romanesque styles. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This five-story building was constructed as a single-family rowhouse in 1849-50 for Lorenzo D. Burdett. It housed the record shop Footlight Records, and a Puerto Rican club, cafe, theater, and gallery. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The St. Denis Hotel was located at this site until it was demolished in 2019. Completed in 1853 by architect and James Renwick, it was one of the grandest hotels in the country, and was frequented by U.S. Presidents and prominent political figures, writers, musicians, inventors, actors, entertainers, artists, publishers, and agitators. It also played a significant role in the city’s African American, women’s, and leftist/labor history. Prior to the hotel’s demolition, Village Preservation and others led a campaign to landmark the building and its surroundings. In 2019 the St. Denis was demolished, with the new office tower replacing it. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Constructed in 1906 for Richman Realty & Construction Company, this eleven-story loft building was designed by Samuel Sass. It features a two-story cast-iron base. This was the home of one of Book Row’s longest-running shops, which featured an extensive selection of books by Black authors and on subjects including Black Studies, radicalism, socialism, and the political left. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This Old Law tenement was built by John P. Schuchman, a pillar in the neighborhood’s German-American community and a member of the Tenement House Committee in the 1890s. The building was designed by notable architect John G. Prague and contained amenities for residents not typical of and not yet required for tenements. It later housed a legendary shop selling vintage fashion magazines and photographs. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Two buildings were constructed at this site in 1853 by George Law, and there is evidence they have operated as a theater since at least the 1920s. Since 1973, the ground floor of this building has been home to the Classic Stage Company, one of New York’s oldest continuously operating Off Broadway theaters. A lithographer who produced piano sheet music was also located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eight-story Arts & Crafts style loft building was designed by Robinson & Potter in 1905-1906. Now residences, it is known as the Petersfield, after the nearby country estate of Petrus Stuyvesant, grandson of Governor Peter Stuyvesant, who once owned the land upon which it stands. It was also the home of a Book Row seller specializing in the occult, New Age, and Eastern philosophy. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Cleverdon & Putzel designed this seven-story Romanesque Revival loft building in 1894. Its bays feature intact cast-iron. In the late 19th century, the building served as a boarding house run by United Hebrew Charities. In the 1970s, it was home to the Film & Dance Theater, as well as the radical Workers Laboratory Theatre. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

A surprising number of innovative housing developments from the late 19th and early 20th centuries can be found here, including several ‘French Flats’ and model tenements. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

These five-story, Neo-Grec Old Law tenements were built in 1881 by architect Henry J. Dudley for Samuel Simmons and maintain their original brownstone Neo Grec detail. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This two-story building was likely originally constructed as a four-story Greek Revival rowhouse in 1846-47 for Peter Lorillard Jr.. It housed a gallery specializing in photography by gay male artists, including Robert Mapplethorpe, and the influential publishing house Grove Press. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

825 Broadway/49 East 12th Street was constructed c. 1961 by architect Max M. Simon for Jack Sobel. It has facades on both Broadway and East 12th Street.

Designed by Buchman & Fox, this ten-story Beaux Arts style loft building was constructed in 1903 for builder Jeremiah C. Lyons. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 12-story apartment building constructed ca.1985 replaced a building which housed the Hansa Gallery, one of the “East 10th Street Galleries” started by Wolf Kahn. A prominent Book Row seller was also located at a building formerly here.

"The Lancaster", a five-story building was constructed in 1887 in a combination of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. Noted architect James Renwick designed the building along with his partners Aspinwall & Russell, and it is an innovative example of the French Flat middle-class apartment building. Lyric poet Barbara Young is among the building’s prominent residents. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This five-story 1845-47 rowhouse was originally constructed for James Brown and Edward Boonen Graves. It was home to a club which included a who’s who of labor, political, and social reform leaders of the turn of the last century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This seven-story Renaissance Revival style loft building was constructed in 1895 and designed by Louis Korn. It is noteworthy for its combination of lacy decorative ironwork and robust stone architecture, and was home to two highly significant entities in the history of photography. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This ten-story apartment building was constructed in 1929 by architect Charles F. Winkelman for The 42 East 11th St. Hotel Corp. Winkelman was the architect of several buildings in the adjacent Greenwich Village Historic District, including the Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue and the former “Holley Chambers” Apartment Hotel.

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.

825 Broadway/49 East 12th Street was constructed c. 1961 by architect Max M. Simon for Jack Sobel. It has facades on both Broadway and East 12th Street.

This area was a mecca for leftist and labor organizing, with many of the most significant figures and organizations of the 19th and 20th centuries located here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This five-story industrial building was constructed in 1837-39 for Ebenezer Pray and housed a piano factory. It was later combined with 102 Third Avenue, also built by Pray in 1837-39. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

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.

This almost perfectly intact thirteen-story terra cotta-covered loft building was designed and constructed by Starrett & Van Vleck in 1919 to house the International Tailoring Company. Herman Melville lived in a now-demolished townhouse at this location, during which time he began writing Moby Dick. Book Row sellers operated out of the current and former buildings at this site, and a gallery was located here in the 1970s. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

These five-story Old Law tenements were constructed in 1881 by architect Henry J. Dudley for Samuel Simmons. Although stripped of their original brownstone Neo Grec detail, they still retain their original fenestration. A passenger who perished in the General Slocum disaster lived here, the "King of Greenwich Village Bohemians" died here, and a pioneer army-navy store was also located at this address.

Grace Church was built in 1846-47 by famed architect James Renwick, Jr and designated an individual NYC landmark in 1966. The immensely popular Fleischmann’s Model Vienna Bakery, from which the term “breadline” originates, was once located on part of this lot. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This two-story neo-Renaissance style, galvanized iron-faced commercial building was constructed in 1897 by architect John C. Westervelt for the Roosevelt family. By 1910 it housed a branch of the Childs Restaurant, one of the first restaurant chains in America, whose later Coney Island building is a New York City landmark. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This three-story building consists of two consolidated lots that were constructed simultaneously in 1835-36 in the Federal Style for John Coddington. These simple structures are the oldest in the area and represent the earliest wave of urban development here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eleven-story building was designed in 1906 by Knight and Collins for the American Felt Company. As the primary felt producer for Steinway, the company played a major role in the piano industry in the early 1900s. Later the building housed several significant printers and bookbinders. After its conversion into apartments, prominent actors, writers, and a counterculture icon lived here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The Gothic Revival buildings at 92-98 Fourth Avenue were designated individual NYC landmarks in 1977. No. 92 was built in 1902 as the Grace Church clergy house by the architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge. Grace Memorial House at No. 94-96 was built in 1882-83 and designed by James Renwick, Jr. No. 98 was built 1906-07 and designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker in the Gothic Revival style within the Tudor tradition. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Designed by Emery Roth, this thirteen-story residential building at 28 East 10th Street/47-59 University Place is known as Devonshire House and was constructed in 1928. Roth also designed the landmarked El Dorado, Beresford, Normandy, and Oliver Cromwell apartments on the Upper West Side, the St. Moritz and the Ritz in Midtown, and 888 Grand Concourse, as well as the nearby 1 University Place and 59 West 12th Street. A number of renowned actors, an episode of Seinfeld, a "Golden Age" comic book series, a Dutch filmmaker, and a significant NYPL donor are associated with this building. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The 15-story black steel and glass office tower built here in 2019 is emblematic of the highly uncontextual new development rising in this area. It replaced a five-story, cast-iron warehouse constructed in 1887.

812 Broadway, a five-story building designed in the Italianate style, was constructed in 1855-56 by renowned architect Griffith Thomas. A highly esteemed Hudson River School and Luminist painter had a studio here at the height of his career. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This now-seven-story neo-Classical style building was owned and constructed by the New York Edison Company, today known as Con Edison, in 1904. It served as an electric transformer and distributing station. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This striking six-story loft building, which runs the entire block from Broadway to Fourth Avenue behind Grace Church, was designed in 1887 by James Renwick, noted architect of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Grace Church, along with partners James Lawrence Aspinwall and William Hamilton Russell. The building was home to notable publishers connected to the likes of Norman Rockwell and clothing manufacturers. It was the scene of significant labor disputes, and played a pivotal role in Caleb Carr’s mystery novel The Alienist. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The three-story Beaux-Arts building at 126-128 East 13th Street was designed in 1903 by architects Jardine, Kent & Jardine as an auction mart for horses and then automobiles. The part of the building facing East 12th Street dates to 1890. No. 126-128 housed a vocational school for women during World War II and was the studio for over a quarter century of noted artist Frank Stella. It was saved from planned demolition. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story plus raised basement Italianate style rowhouse was built in 1851-52 for Stephen Bursh. Famed abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock and African American music collector Lawrence Gellert both lived here, and a Depression-era Artists and Writers Dinner Club was located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

88 Fourth Avenue was erected in 1902 as the Grace Church Choir School. It was designed with Gothic motifs by the architectural firm of Heins and LaFarge, winners of the original competition for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Both No. 88 and 90 are part of the Grace Church individual NYC landmark designated in 1966. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This site originally held a two-story stable, built as early as 1868. It appears that three more stories were added in 1893. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The two-story Cooper Station Post Office was designed by Louis A. Simon in 1936-37 for the Works Progress Administration in a Classical Revival/Art Moderne style. The Seinfeld character Newman is supposed to have worked here, and a number of Book Row sellers were housed in buildings previously located at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Grove Press, called “the era’s most explosive and influential publishing house” and “the most innovative publisher of the postwar era,” produced incredibly important pieces of 20th century literature while working aggressively and effectively to transform American culture in relation to issues of censorship, sexuality, race, and class. Founded in 1947 on Grove Street in the West Village, Grove Press fully rose to prominence after it was purchased by Barney Rossett in 1951. Over the next decades, an astonishing five extant buildings in the area south of Union Square were home to the Press, its literary magazine the Evergreen Review, and the Press’ Evergreen Theater. A sixth building in the area, 61 Fourth Avenue, served as Rosset’s home from at least 1981 until Rosset’s passing in 2012. For a time, Grove Press’ offices were also located here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This ten-story neo-Classical style loft building was constructed in 1900 by builder Edward Smith for Owen Costello.

Designed by Marsh, Israels, & Harder, this seven-story Beaux Arts style warehouse at 127-135 Fourth Avenue/100-104 East 13th Street was built in 1895 by George W. Levy. It housed New York’s first hardware store, Hammacher Schlemmer, which published what has become the country’s longest running catalog. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eight-story neo-Classical/Romanesque Revival style loft building was constructed in 1898 by Farnsworth & Miller for Frank Brettell.

This contemporary building was constructed in 2010-11 by Isaac & Stern Architects for the 791 Broadway LLC. The previous four-story building, a 19th century rowhouse, was demolished in 2009.

This six-story building was constructed in 1929 by architect William Shary for the 70 East 11th Street Corporation. It originally served as a parking garage.

This five-story mixed-use, red-brick building was constructed in 1837-39 by Ebenezer Pray. It was later combined with 102 Third Avenue, also built by Pray in 1837-39, and housed a piano factory. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Built in 1863 for David Glass, this four-story pre-law tenement retains its historic cast-iron storefront. The building became a feature of Kleindeutschland (“Little Germany”) when it was bought by William and George Schade, both of German descent, around the turn of the century. The building’s owner Bill Curry has suggested that the Herter Brothers, prominent American furniture makers of the late 19th century, might have had a workroom in the building’s basement. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Constructed in 1895-98 in the Renaissance Revival style, this fourteen-story structure was designed by George B. Post for William Weld. It housed various clothing companies, including Meyer Jonasson & Company, then known as “the world’s largest manufacturer of ladies’ garments.” Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This five-story loft building, with a later one-story rooftop addition, was constructed in 1888 by David and John Jardine. The architects also designed the landmarked former Van Tassel & Kearney Horse Auction Mart next door. A cast-iron base adorns the building, which is designed in the Romanesque Revival style. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This area was a center of theater and home to many experimental and innovative theaters, large and small, several of which still survive to this day. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This four-story, two bay rowhouse was built c. 1870 by architect W. Field & Son for Henry Nailer (or Naylor). From 1953 to 1957, this was the home and studio of abstract expressionist painter Franz Kline. It is featured in the Season 4 premiere of Sex and the City. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This landmarked six-story brick store and loft building was designed by Stephen Decatur Hatch in 1876. Its facade is clad in historic cast-iron, and the building features neo-Grec, Second Empire, and Renaissance Revival style elements. Workers at the clothing manufacturer Freigat & Keim, also located here, participated in the historic shirtwaist strike of 1909-10. Judge James Roosevelt, noted Supreme Court justice and relative of Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, resided here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This apartment building was constructed in 2006 for the 110-112 Third Avenue Realty Corporation by architect Greenberg Farrow. It replaced the Variety Theatre, a 1914 Nickelodeon, moving picture, and Off-Broadway theater, which was demolished despite Village Preservation’s campaign to save it. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This large, x-shaped apartment building was constructed in 1957 as The Greenwich Arms by architect H.I. Feldman for the East 10th Street Corporation. A number of Book Row sellers were located at buildings previously at this site, as well as the building currently here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This three-story with raised basement Greek Revival rowhouse was built in 1837-39 for Charles Devoe. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

These three four-story rowhouses were built between 1837 and 1839 for Thorp Harris in the Greek Revival style. The simple structures are among the oldest in the area and represent the earliest wave of urban development here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This six-story Gothic Revival structure was built in 1912 to the designs of the firm of Renwick, Aspinwall, and Tucker, the successor firm to James Renwick Jr.’s. Along with 84 Fourth Avenue, it houses Grace Church School and is part of the Grace Church individual NYC landmark designated in 1966. A prominent Book Row seller was located at a previous building at this site. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This nine-story neo-Renaissance apartment building was constructed in 1925 and designed by Helmle, Corbett, & Harrison. Architectural renderer Hugh Ferriss, who envisioned urban utopia in his celebrated book The Metropolis of Tomorrow, and the actor who played Mr. Big in Sex and the City, resided here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eight-story loft building featuring recessed cast-iron bays was designed by Frederick C. Browne in 1899 for the German-born real estate developer and tire manufacturer Philip Braender. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This five-story loft building, with a later one-story rooftop addition, was constructed in 1888 by David and John Jardine. The architects also designed the landmarked former Van Tassel & Kearney Horse Auction Mart next door. A cast-iron base adorns the building, which is designed in the Romanesque Revival style. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This lot is made up of multiple combined buildings. The 5-story brick and terra cotta building at 87-91 Third Avenue combined two Pre-Law tenements, located at 91 and 89 Third Avenue, with a new building at 87 Third Avenue in 1902. These tenements were originally owned by A.C. Gale & Company, and by 1902 were owned by the trustees of the Hamilton Fish Estate. The newly conjoined three buildings were designed in the English neo-Classical style by Myron E. Evans of Ballantyne & Evans Architects. The adjacent now-adjoining building at 201-213 East 12th Street was constructed c. 1860 for industrial use. As early as 1860 a piano factory was located here. Trow’s Directory Printing and Book Binding Company, which was responsible for printing and binding the New York City Directories, was located in both the Third Avenue and East 12th Street buildings. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

Designed and constructed in 1894 by William Schickel & Co., this eight-story loft building was built in the neo-Classical style. Schickel, who was German-born, also designed the landmarked German Library and Dispensary at 135-137 Second Avenue. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This fifteen-story Gothic Revival building was designed by Victor Farrar in 1929 as an apartment hotel. Among its notable residents were Dr. Otto Nathan, the sole executor of Albert Einstein’s estate, who was subpoenaed and questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee while residing here. During prohibition, the building’s penthouse served as a speakeasy. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This six-story mixed use rowhouse with a red brick facade was built in 1854 for J. Butler. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This nine-story apartment building was designed by Helme, Corbett, & Harrison and constructed in 1929 in the neo-Renaissance style. The building has served as the home of feminist writer, playwright, and essayist Dawn Powell; Charlotte Curtis, the first woman associate editor of The New York Times; Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell; and theater historian and educator Dr. Nellie McCaslin. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 26-story mega-dorm was built for NYU by Michael Zenreich Architects in 2009. The church tower at this site is the sole remnant of one of the few city structures to serve as a house of worship for the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths. The funeral mass for Andy Warhol film “superstar” Jackie Curtis was held at the church, which Village Preservation tried to save from demolition. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

814 Broadway is a five-story masonry structure built in 1854. This building has important connections to the Civil War, abolition, the first woman doctor in America, the establishment of the American Red Cross, a prominent umbrella manufacturer, one of the oldest literary clubs in the United States, and the underground/avant garde Downtown film and video scene. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eight-story neo-Classical style loft building was constructed in 1899 by architect Louis Korn for James McPherson. Korn designed several other buildings in the district including 84 University Place, as well as in the Ladies Mile, Tribeca North, and NoHo Historic Districts.

This five-story Italianate style cast-iron loft building was constructed in 1872 by Griffith Thomas. It was the home of prominent publishers releasing leftist and social-justice-oriented works; one of the first socialist newspapers in America and NY’s first English-language socialist paper; organizations associated with a Zionist youth movement; a uniform manufacturer; a prominent Book Row seller; and a renowned lithographer. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This three-story with raised basement Greek Revival rowhouse was built in 1837-39 for Ebenezer Pray. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

Several notable musicians and music venues found a home in this area, from jazz to punk, blues to folk. Listen to a playlist featuring a selection of songs by some of the amazing artists connected to this neighborhood. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This is currently an outdoor recreation area owned by Grace Church School.

This four-story pre-law tenement was built c. 1875 in the neo-Grec style. Renowned pianist and composer Randy Weston lived here, and scenes from the film Taxi Driver were shot here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This building was constructed in 1837-39 for Ebenezer Pray, and was heavily altered with a refaced facade and rooftop addition in 2009-12. By 1899, it had been converted into lofts and a concert hall on the ground floor, and throughout the 20th century housed a long list of live production and film theater companies. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

James Renwick (November 1, 1818 — June 23, 1895) was one of the most influential, accomplished, and skilled American architects of the 19th century. Largely self-taught, he lived and worked most of his life in this area, where his family had deep roots (they were relatives of the landowning Brevoorts). One of his first commissions, Grace Church, is considered among the first to introduce the Gothic Revival style to America, and is still considered one of the style’s greatest examples. While Renwick earned high profile commissions across the country — including St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. — nowhere is his work more represented than in this area south of Union Square, where he designed no fewer than six buildings within a block of the intersection of Broadway and 11th Street, and designed dozens more nearby, including the still-extant ‘Renwick Row’ and ‘Renwick Triangle.’ Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.