This nine-story buff brick and stone Beaux Arts style loft building was constructed in 1902-04 by Sass & Smallheiser for the Middleboro and Master Builders Realty Company. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

The Baumann Brothers Furniture and Carpets Store at 22-26 East 14th Street was designed in 1881 by eminent architects David and John Jardine for merchant James McCreery. Landmarked in 2008, this through-block building is considered one of New York’s great works of cast iron architecture. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This lot includes a pair of combined rowhouses built prior to 1853. In the 1940s, the building served as the headquarters of the Communist Party. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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 two-story brick store was constructed c. 1844 for the prominent Van Beuren family, which owned and developed much of the land on or near 14th Street. It was a cabinetry shop of William Winberg.

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 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.

These two eight-story lofts were designed by Cleverdon & Putzel in 1893 and 1895 for Phillip Braender and Louis Cohen. They feature a Romanesque Revival style and cast-iron bases. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

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 building was originally constructed as a three-story Greek Revival row house for owner Masterton & Smith in 1841-42. In 1939 it was reduced to one story, and in 2009 altered to eight stories. This was the final location of the renowned Cedar Tavern, a central gathering spot for the New York School of writers and artists. 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 building was constructed in 1898 as a firehouse by architect Horgan & Slattery for the City of New York. Since 1963 it has been the home of Cinema Village, the oldest continuously operating art house cinema in New York City. 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 six-story apartment building was designed in 1940 by H.I. Feldman in the Art Deco/Arte Moderne style. A now-demolished building on this lot was home to the New York Society Library, the first library in New York. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eleven-story neo-Renaissance style loft building was constructed in 1902 by architect Frank Goodwillie and builder Isaac A. Hopper & Son for the Thirteenth Street Co.. Local 1L of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America (ALA) is located 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

This twelve-story brick and stone apartment building was designed by Sugarman and Berger in 1929. The firm designed several landmarked buildings throughout Manhattan, as well as the New Yorker Hotel. Renowned Egyptologist, author, and curator William C. Hayes lived here until his death in 1963. He worked as a consultant on Cecil B. DeMille’s lucrative final film The Ten Commandments. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story building was constructed c. 1851-52 for Benjamin Valentine. The Fourth International Socialist Worker’s Party Bookstore and Samuel Roth’s Book Store were located here. Roth was known best for publishing unauthorized excerpts of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story building, designed by architect Griffith Thomas, was built in 1866. Its facade features historic cast-iron piers. 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.

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.

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.

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 lot includes two buildings. 835 Broadway was constructed c. 1850-54 by Abraham Valentine, and housed inventor James Lidgerwood and 19th century photographer James Henry Wright. 58 East 13th Street was constructed c. 1853 by Abraham Valentine and housed the National Academy of Design, the first institution in the United States established by and under the exclusive control of professional artists, which included among its members many of the greatest American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Several notable preservation battles have taken place in these blocks, in both the recent and more distant past, as great works of architecture or places of historic significance have faced the wrecking ball. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of extant historic buildings south of Union Square.

This building was likely constructed c. 1845-46 by a local builder for John W. Hoyt. It was likely a single-family rowhouse before being refaced in 1929-33 with a Mediterranean-style facade. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 12-story building was constructed in 1929 by architect Seelig & Finkelstein for Charles Fleisher & Morris Rosen. The New York Foundling, one of New York City’s oldest and largest child welfare agencies, opened in 1869 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 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 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 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 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 eight-story loft building was designed in 1896 by Cleverdon & Putzel for Louis Cohen. It features elaborate ironwork — likely cast-iron — on the first two stories. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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

This area served as a home to many prominent German and German-American businesses which shaped New York in the 19th and 20th centuries. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

These twin loft buildings were designed by Griffith Thomas in the Italianate style, with neo-Grec elements and cast-iron piers. They were constructed in 1866 by Pierre Lorillard III, grandson of the noted tobacco manufacturer Pierre Lorillard I. The Wheeler & Wilson Company, which revolutionized clothing manufacturing, was headquartered here, and the buildings were later the center of New York’s antique district. Several leading abstract expressionist painters and art world figures established their homes or studios in the buildings. Pop star Cyndi Lauper lived here, and tryouts for Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue also took place here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 1927, 20-story building was designed by Emory Roth for the Broadway and Fourteenth Development Corporation, owned by the Roosevelt family. Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt’s mansion was previously located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This ten-story neo-Classical building was constructed in 1889 and designed by William C. Hazlett. For at least sixty years, it housed the offices of the Textile Workers Union of America. 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 four-story building may date to as early as 1852, but does not appear to retain any mid-19th century detail.

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 seven-story neo-Classical/Romanesque style loft building was designed in 1894 by Cleverdon & Putzel for Philip Braender. It features richly detailed cast-iron work on the first two floors. Since 1940 the ground floor has housed the family-owned business Seidenberg Antiques. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eight-story loft building was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Stephen Hatch in 1893. It was built on the site of the former mansion of Theodore Roosevelt’s grandfather. Many clothing manufacturers were located here, as well as a pioneering company in the commercial motion-picture industry. The building also housed the offices of the radical and experimental Grove Press, and a Book Row seller. 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.

Village Preservation has multiple oral histories with significant figures in the arts, literature, commerce, preservation, activism, and philanthropy which focus on, connect to, or mention sites in this area. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

These twin loft buildings were designed by Griffith Thomas in the Italianate style, with neo-Grec elements and cast-iron piers. They were constructed in 1866 by Pierre Lorillard III, grandson of the noted tobacco manufacturer Pierre Lorillard I. The Wheeler & Wilson Company, which revolutionized clothing manufacturing, was headquartered here, and the buildings were later the center of New York’s antique district. Several leading abstract expressionist painters and art world figures established their homes or studios in the buildings. Pop star Cyndi Lauper lived here, and tryouts for Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue also took place here. 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.

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 lot comprises two buildings. No. 52 East 13th Street was built in 1893 and designed by architect Renwick, Aspinwall & Renwick for E.T. Gerry. No. 54 was built in 1852 for Peter Goelet. They have since been combined as one and refaced.

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

Constructed in 1896 in the Romanesque Revival style, this nine-story brick through-block building was designed by architect Albert Wagner, and features a cast-iron storefront. One of the first tenants was Richard E. Thibaut’s Art Wallpapers, known as the “world’s largest manufacturer of wallpaper.” It housed the National Negro Congress and the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), and various other leftist organizations. The Communist Workers’ bookshop and the Jewish Daily Freiheit newspaper were located here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

A two-story structure was present on this lot as early as 1885. The Reform Jewish congregation The Village Temple Congregation B’nai Israel moved here in 1957. In 2007, the façade of the structure was modernized by architect Lee H. Skolnick. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This seven-story Beaux Arts Belle Epoque structure, featuring terra cotta and cast iron, was constructed in 1892-93. It was designed by De Lemos & Cornes for G. Gennert, a photographic materials company founded by two German immigrant brothers. The building also housed stained glass artisans Heinigke & Bowen, whose designs decorated the Library of Congress and Carnegie Hall. 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 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 began as a four story private house built in 1840 with a fifth floor added in 1880 and the two story commercial addition in front added in 1919. It housed one of New York’s most prominent philanthropists of the 19th century who helped establish some of the city’s great institutions, later serving as the home to a family of German immigrant entrepreneurs. The commercial space housed one of the city’s most popular speakeasies, and later a lesbian bar frequented by well-know authors. 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 site was until 2015 the home of the original Bowlmor Lanes, the first bowling alley in what eventually became a chain of upscale bowling alleys that transformed the sport. It was sold for development and demolished, replaced by the 21 story condo tower there today. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

Many of the most prominent publishers in America and the world were located here, producing some of the most significant works of literature of the last two hundred years. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

Constructed in 1896 in the Romanesque Revival style, this nine-story brick through-block building was designed by architect Albert Wagner, and features a cast-iron storefront. One of the first tenants was Richard E. Thibaut’s Art Wallpapers, known as the “world’s largest manufacturer of wallpaper.” It housed the National Negro Congress and the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), and various other leftist organizations. The Communist Workers’ bookshop and the Jewish Daily Freiheit newspaper were 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.

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 brick building was built in 1873 for John A. Hadden, and designed by William Field and Son. Its original four floors feature a cast-iron front. A three-story glass addition was designed by Phillip Wu of io architects in 2008. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This building was constructed as a three-story private rowhouse for J.F. Hart c. 1853-54. It later became the St. Lawrence Hotel, and housed the Gennert Brothers Photo Supply, founded by German immigrant Gottlieb Gennert and his brother. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

22 East 13th Street is an altered c. 1846-47 Greek Revival house built for Mr. Scudder. It formerly housed the Erskine Press. 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 two eight-story lofts at No. 39-41 and No. 43-45 East 12th Street were designed by Cleverdon & Putzel in 1893 and 1895 for Phillip Braender and Louis Cohen. They feature a Romanesque Revival style and cast-iron bases. 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 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.

The new building permit for this structure was filed in 2015 by architects Morris Adjmi for 116 University Development LLC.

Many generations of the Roosevelt family lived here, had significant holdings here, and developed many of the existing buildings here. During this time, they achieved numerous notable accomplishments in the fields of politics, literature, diplomacy, and environmental protection. 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.

Designed in the Renaissance Revival style for Henry Corn, this 12-story commercial building was constructed in 1899-1901. Its architect, the German-born Robert Maynicke, was also responsible for the Guggenheimer Building, the New York Times and Havemeyer Buildings, as well as the New York Produce and Cotton Exchanges. Several garment factories and showrooms were located here throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

An extraordinary array of significant writers and authors lived or worked here, and great works of literature were produced here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

Prominent Irish immigrants and Irish Americans made a mark in the area South of Union Square, especially in the realms of politics, the arts, commerce, and literature.

This building was constructed c. 1845-46 for D.L. Schenck. It was likely originally a single-family rowhouse before being refaced in 1929-33 with a Mediterranean-style facade. 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.

This three-story building was constructed c. 1852-53 for Emanuel Schwartz. It was the home of Adolph’s Asti Restaurant, featured in the 1988 movie Big. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This twelve-story neo-Classical style loft building was constructed in 1902 by Goldwin Starrett for the Empire Realty Corporation. Starrett was a partner in the notable architecture firm of Starrett & Van Vleck.

Constructed by Marc Eidlitz and M. Magrath in 1878, this five-story cast-iron store and loft building features a neo-Grec design. In the 1880s, the building was owned by Gilded Age barons Robert and Ogden Goelet. The Wheeler & Wilson Company, which revolutionized clothing manufacturing, also made its home here. 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.

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.

The area is home to a number of significant sites to the history of film, including a large number of current and former movie houses, film producers, and organizations which shaped the course of film history in the United States. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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 lot includes two buildings. 835 Broadway was constructed c. 1850-54 by Abraham Valentine, and housed inventor James Lidgerwood and 19th century photographer James Henry Wright. 58 East 13th Street was constructed c. 1853 by Abraham Valentine and housed the National Academy of Design, the first institution in the United States established by and under the exclusive control of professional artists, which included among its members many of the greatest American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. 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 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 7-story Romanesque Revival style loft was built in 1894 for Leopold R. True by Louis Korn, architect of many landmarked NYC buildings. Graphic designer and artist Stanley Glaubach had a studio here and Charles Cheriff Galleries was located here for nearly a century. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This originally two-story building was constructed c. 1880 for T.F. Sturges, and expanded to the current three stories in 1894. Around 1967, the influential publishing house Grove Press opened an office here, where it began operating the Evergreen Theatre for films and live productions. It now houses the New York Baha’i Center. 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 rowhouse was constructed c. 1851-52 for Jacob Story.

Designed by Thomas O’Connor, this four-story neo-Grec structure was constructed in 1873 for John McIntyre. It was the headquarters of the publishers Ward, Locke, and Bowden, who published Lewis Carroll and Oscar Wilde, as well as Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. 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 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 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.

This 5-story loft with unusual bay windows was built in 1881 for Joseph J. Little, former U.S. Congressman and New York City Board of Education President by architect William Wheeler Smith. Over the years the building housed noted artists, piano manufacturers, and prominent left-wing and labor groups. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

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.

This 10-story Beaux Arts style loft building at 88 University Place/24-26 East 12th Street was constructed in 1906 by Middleboro Realty Co. by Samuel Sass. It housed the prominent art auction house Kaliski and Gabay. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This brownstone five-story building was constructed in 1880 by architect W. Jones for W. Jennings Demorest. It was the home and studio of actor Robert De Niro Jr.’s parents, and perhaps the infant De Niro himself. Painter Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro, Sr. were two people on an almost-unrivaled list of artists to live here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Four stories in height, this Anglo-Italianate style building was designed by Thomas R. Jackson in 1855 and constructed by the Board of Education of the City of New York. The building served as the home of several all-girls schools, including the city’s first girls high school, and has housed the Police Athletic League since 1958. 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.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, the area south of and around Union Square was the center of piano manufacturing in New York, a huge industry in the city at the time. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

This building was constructed c. 1841-42 for Amos Palmer as a private house. In later years it housed a hotel, the home and office of the first woman doctor in America, and the offices of the Village Voice newspaper. The influential publishing house Grove Press moved here in 1964, publishing Alex Haley’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Jacqueline Susann’s The Valley of the Dolls while here. 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.

This 5-story loft building was designed in 1889 by Albert D’Oench, architect of the nearby Germania Life Insurance Co. Building and several other designated New York City landmarks, for Mary Springler-Van Beueren, one of the last survivors of the Springler-Van Beueren clan, one of the earliest developers of property on 14th Street. The noted publisher Joseph Marshall Stoddart had offices here in the late 19th century, and labor rights and women’s suffrage advocate Robert Ellis Thompson’s “The American: A Weekly Journal of Politics, Literature, Science, Art and Finance” was published here. It replaced a building which housed the headquarters of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which crusaded for women’s suffrage and other progressive reforms while also advocating for prohibition on alcohol. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This Greek Revival rowhouse was built in 1839-41 for George W. Tucker. American impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir and Social Realist painter Reginald Marsh resided here. The building was also home to key leaders of a missionary-led organization. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This 1911 two-story brick store was built by architect G.T. Goosey for Charles H. Benke and Rudolph C. Faber. Erskine Press was likely the building’s first tenant. The building was also home to The Villager and Gemor Press, the printing company of leading 20th century female author Anaïs Nin. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Many notable organizations, leaders, and events in the women's rights and women's suffrage movements were located or took place here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This loft building was designed in 1892 by the firm of Brunner & Tryon for Henry C. Bolton. Arnold Brunner was one of America’s earliest and most prominent Jewish architects. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This three-story building was likely built by James O’Neil as a stable c. 1851-52. The celebrated “New York School” poet Frank O’Hara lived here from 1957 to 1959, during this time serving as a curator for the Museum of Modern Art. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This area contains a number of sites connected to significant people or developments in New York's Jewish history. 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.

The area around Broadway and University Place became home to some of the city’s most desirable hotels in the mid-19th century as this area began its transition from residential to semi-commercial district. This included the recently-demolished St. Denis Hotel at Broadway and 11th Street, and the Hotel Albert at University Place and 11th Street, now the Albert Apartments. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

This eight-story loft building was designed by Henri Fouchaux for Henri Miller c. 1900 in the Beaux Arts style. Fouchaux was the architect of many landmarked New York City buildings in Tribeca, Ladies Mile, the Upper West Side, Sugar Hill, and the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.