This 8-story commercial loft building was built in three stages — in 1892 by architect R.H. Robertson, with additions in 1907 and 1915. It was built as the first American headquarters of prestigious publishers Macmillan Co. It later housed Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, the first art cinema house in America, and the first studio of “Picasso of Dance” Martha Graham. A beloved Book Row seller was located here as well. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This largely intact grand Italianate style brownstone-fronted rowhouse was constructed c. 1857-58 for the prominent businessman and philanthropist John Schermerhorn Bussing. Designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent previously lived here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Among the many industries which this area played a significant role in shaping and transforming was photography. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

Several key individuals, organizations, and meeting spaces connected to LGBTQ history were located here, including the headquarters of the country's first national LGBTQ rights organization, and prominent writers, artists, musicians, and performers. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

The 8-story residential structure here built c. 2011 replaced a two-story Art Moderne structure built in 1938 for the Schrafft’s Restaurant chain. It later housed the Lone Star Café, New York’s premiere country music venue which also showcased rock, blues, and soul artists like James Brown. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Several sites with noteworthy histories connected to the Civil War were located here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This digital tour focuses on one of the most significant recording studios of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, which was located here and produced a stunning array of notable recordings over nearly three decades. Listen to a playlist featuring a selection of songs by some of the amazing artists connected to RPM Studios and the south of Union Square neighborhood. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This area was home to many prominent innovators and leaders in the field of fashion. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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This L-shaped 12-story loft building was designed in 1910 by Maynicke & Frank for Henry Corn with secessionist style motifs. It housed a noted venue for film showings, lectures, and other gatherings related to left-wing causes, attracting the likes of Paul Robeson but also FBI and House Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigations. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This stunning 1893 Romanesque Revival style office building was designed by Cleverdon & Putzel as the headquarters of Appleton & Co. publishers, one of the largest and most prestigious in the country. \#leftistandlabor

This elaborately-detailed Renaissance Revival style office building at 80-82 Fifth Avenue/2-4 West 14th Street was designed in 1908 by Buchman and Fox. It housed the headquarters of the nation’s first gay rights organization, along with trailblazing labor, civil rights, and social justice organizations. \#leftistandlabor

This building was constructed in 1946 by architect Harrison & Abramovitz for the Fairchild Press, and altered in the early 2000s. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This Italianate style rowhouse was built c. 1853 by philanthropist and bibliophile James Lenox for residential use. For generations, it was home to a family that was among the most important American patrons of the arts of the 19th century, and included significant figures in the fields of science, philanthropy, business, and government. In later years it also housed a prominent publisher, bookseller, and artist studios. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This Greek Revival rowhouse was constructed c. 1838-40 by John H. Cornell, believed to be a high-ranking officer at the Mechanic’s Banking Association on Wall Street. It became the residence of N.H. Wolfe, owner of the oldest flour and grain company in New York. A celebrated World War II entertainment venue for GIs was also located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This six-story loft building was constructed in 1888 by architect G.A. Schellenger for John Glass & Son. For decades it served as the headquarters and printing plant of the fashion publisher Fairchild Publishing, producer of Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), among other publications. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This striking 12-story Beaux Arts style office building was constructed in 1912 for publisher George Plimpton. It housed an extraordinary array of civil rights and social justice organizations, philanthropic groups, publishers, and non-governmental organizations. This includes the headquarters of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organizations, the publishers of the first magazines for an African-American audience and for African-American children, and what would become the American Civil Liberties Union, among many other entities. The building was designated as a New York City Landmark in 2021. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Multiple sites in the neighborhood bear significant connections to popular films, television, music, and entertainment. Listen to a playlist featuring a selection of songs by some of the amazing artists connected to this area. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

In spite of massive waves of commercial construction, tenement building, and later hotel and apartment building construction which swept through this neighborhood, the area retains dozens of rowhouses from its early stages of development, dating from the early 1830s to the early 1850s. They range from modest to grand, most in the Greek Revival or Italianate style. Reflecting the vast forces of change which swept through the area, none remained single family houses, taking on new lives housing commerce, unions, theaters, art galleries, and multiple tenants. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

Some of New York's most prominent and impactful philanthropists, and philanthropic organizations, were located here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This altered Arts & Crafts style rowhouse was built c. 1852 by philanthropist and bibliophile James Lenox. It was the home of congressman, conservationist, and Civil War Unionist Robert B. Roosevelt, as well as the groundbreaking Pearson’s Magazine and bookstore. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 8-story National Registers of Historic Places-listed building was constructed as the headquarters of the prominent publishers Macmillan Co. in 1923-24 by the preeminent architectural firms of Carrere & Hastings and Shreve Lamb & Blake. While here, Macmillan published the Civil War-based Gone With the Wind. It later served as the headquarters of Forbes Magazine and the Forbes Gallery. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The area south of Union Square is one of New York’s main centers of cast iron architecture, from some of its earliest surviving fully cast-iron buildings to predominantly masonry buildings with distinctive and elaborate cast iron ground floors or ornament. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This elaborately-detailed Renaissance Revival style office building at 80-82 Fifth Avenue/2-4 West 14th Street was designed in 1908 by Buchman and Fox. It housed the headquarters of the nation’s first gay rights organization, along with trailblazing labor, civil rights, and social justice organizations. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 1912, 18-story neo-Renaissance style manufacturing/office building was designed by architect Maynicke & Franke for Henry Corn. The building was home to recording studios that launched the careers of enormously important jazz and blues musicians and to the publisher of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique as well as many other important texts. The building replaced James Lenox’s mansion, which became home to the Lenox Library and the Juilliard School. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This largely intact c. 1845-1846 Greek Revival rowhouse was constructed for the prominent businessman and philanthropist John Schermerhorn Bussing. The building was the home of notable artists, filmmakers, and the pro-union composer Marc Blitzstein. It also housed the workrooms and showrooms of a renowned fashion designer, and an archive dedicated to the prominent African American jazz musician Milton Hinton. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This L-shaped 12-story loft building was designed in 1910 by Maynicke & Franke for Henry Corn with secessionist style motifs. It housed a noted venue for film showings, lectures, and other gatherings related to left-wing causes, attracting the likes of Paul Robeson but also FBI and House Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigations. \#leftistandlabor Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Born James Thomas Harris (1855-1931), in Galway, Ireland Frank Harris was an Irish immigrant who became a naturalized U.S. citizen during his editorship of Pearson’s Magazine, was a noted author, journalist, editor, publisher, and provocateur. His autobiographical My Life and Loves was banned in the United States and Britain for 40 years due to its sexual content. In addition to publishing this and Pearson’s, Harris wrote two books about Shakespeare and biographies of his friends, the playwright George Bernard Shaw and the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. Wilde, who was found guilty of engaging in acts of “gross indecency” in 1895, became an icon in the emergence of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Harris’ close friendship with Wilde is portrayed in Moises Kaufman’s Gross Indecencies: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, as well as several other literary portrayals of Wilde’s life.

This area was home to several sites connected to significant developments in African American history, including civil rights leaders and organizations, musicians, and writers. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

The "New York School," a groundbreaking group of writers and artists who collaborated across disciplines, was rooted in the neighborhood south of Union Square in the mid-20th century. This loosely defined but transformative collective is credited with shifting the center of the art world from Paris to New York.

This 12-story Beaux Arts style loft building was constructed in 1906 by the prolific firm of Sass & Smallheiser for Middleboro and Master Builders Realty Co. Sought after recording studio RPM Studios was located here, where a dazzling array of musical acts recorded. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This largely intact Greek Revival rowhouse was built c. 1845-1846 for Peter R. Bonnett. The building housed the workrooms and showrooms of a renowned fashion designer and an abstract expressionist gallery. It also served as the home of the prominent artist Rosemarie Beck and editor Robert Phelps. 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 1908 by the prolific firm of Sass & Smallheiser for Middleboro and Master Builders Realty Co. Noted photographer Charles Gatewood maintained a studio here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

A look at some of the architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings once located in this area. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of extant historic buildings south of Union Square.

The former building on this site was constructed in 1930 by architect William Shary for W.E. Podesta & L.A. Cuneo. It originally served as a parking garage, but has since been altered and converted to residences.

Since at least the 1890s and through the 20th century, this area was the center of the bookselling industry in New York, centered along Fourth Avenue as well as Broadway and University Place, and probably had the highest concentration of booksellers in the world. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This beautifully intact cast-iron structure which dates to 1880 was later owned by W. Jennings Demorest, and in 1891 was extended through block with the construction of a connecting structure at 5 East 13th Street. It served as the headquarters of the New York City Woman Suffrage League, which led the late 19th century effort to extend the vote in New York State to women, while also serving as a home to a variety of significant photographers, artists, philanthropic organizations, and commercial enterprises. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

An extraordinary confluence of organizations and people connected to African American, LGBTQ, Women's, and other civil rights struggles were located here, including some of the most significant in each of these movements. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

A 16-story Colonial Revival-style apartment building designed in 1928 by Thomas Lamb, 49-51 Fifth Avenue's prominent residents included the first Catholic major party candidate for President and one of the most renowned female American artists of the last century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 1852-1853 Italianate-style building was built for railroad and coal magnate Irad Hawley, and is an individual New York City landmark. This is the only surviving completely intact mansion or house on Lower Fifth Avenue, which was first developed almost entirely with such structures. The Salmagundi Club, a notable artists club founded in 1871, has resided here since purchasing the building in 1917. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.