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Shoppers and Carriages Outside Wanamakers, 1898. The cast iron building, that became Wanamakers Department Store in 1896, survived for 94 years. Despite the intense blaze that destroyed the interior of the building in 1956, the cast iron facade seen here remained standing and had to be dismantled.
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Building a Brand: Wanamaker's on Broadway
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Located in the NoHo Historic District, this full block building at 770 Broadway was built in the Renaissance Revival style and was originally home to the department store, Wanamaker’s and its warehouse when this stretch of Broadway was a bustling commercial center at the beginning of the 20th century.
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2020 Wrap Up: Best Images in Show
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Oy! 2020 has been a whirlwind, but we sure made a lot of interesting discoveries along the way. Here's a round-up of our partners' favorite historical photos and finds from the year. More to come over the next few weeks!
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MAS Manhattan Survey
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Between 1954 and 1957, the Municipal Art Society surveyed historic buildings in all five boroughs to create a database of potential landmarks to preserve. Local residents and MAS staff compiled individual sheets devoted to about 200 buildings. Each sheet outlined the building’s date, location, and style and provided a description and a small photograph. This is the list of Manhattan buildings.

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772 Broadway

Shoppers and Carriages Outside Wanamakers. Blurry view of Broadway at 9th Street with pedestrians, street cars and carriages in front of Wanamaker's department store; Grace Church visible beyond.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Education, Cash Boys' School at Wanamaker's. Boys in the Cash Boys' School at Wanamaker's. They are sitting and studying at tables with a female instructor present.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Broadway and 9th Street. Old Wanamakers building.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Manhattan: Broadway - 9th Street (East) Broadway, east side, north from East 9th (Wanamaker Place) to and including 10th Streets, showing the north building of John Wanamaker's Department Store and Grace Protestant Episcopal Church. Note the NRA banner on Wanamaker's flagstaff. At the date of this picture the National Industrial Recovery Act was only five months old and the National Recovery Administration (NRA) had recently been established, headed by General HAugh S. Johnson. The NRA Was greeted with enthusiasm which closely resembled war-time hysteria. An NRA parade took place in September of this year (see Parades for phctographs) which was the largest in New Vork 's history, surpassing even the war parades. Later, however, the popularity of NRA waned and early in 1935 it was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in the Schechter case, popularly called the "sick chicken" case. October 19, 1933.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Changing New York; Wanamaker's Fourth Avenue and East 9th Street.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Madison Avenue. John Wanamaker, drawing of basement stories of new store by Robert van Esdorf.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

383 Madison Avenue. John Wanamaker Company, new store, sketch of the second floor looking toward the better dresses department.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

383 Madison Avenue. John Wanamaker Company, new store, sketch of the bride's shop for new store.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Madison Avenue. John Wanamaker, interior layout of the sales floor, drawing by Robert van Esdorf.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

A.T. Stewart Department Store
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Stewart's Store Stewart's Store (?) 9 + 10th Sts \[handwritten on recto] Exterior view of building with crowds of people and carriages in the foreground. Scrapbook page from "Views of New York City, Brooklyn and other places. Vol. 2." by Eugene Armbruster.
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772 Broadway

Hilton, Hughes & Co. Hilton, Hughes & Co., Successors of A.T. Stewart & CO., America's Grandest Retail Establishment./Occupying Entire Square, Broadway, Fourth Avenue, 9th and 10th Streets. \[printed on recto] Succeeded by John Manamakey. Removed in 1940s \[handwritten on recto--not by Armbruster] Scrapbook page from "Views of New York City, Brooklyn and other places. Vol. 2." by Eugene Armbruster.
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

A.T. Stewart Department Store
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

The Wanamaker Station in the Subway at Astor Place Primary subject: Astor Place Subway Platform Showing Wanamaker Store Now Kmart
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

The Wanamaker Store Primary subject: Wanamakers
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

A Part of the Jewelry Section, Wanamaker's Old Building, New York. Primary subject: Interior View of Wanamakers
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Wanamaker's (A.T. Stewart)

Wanamaker's, Herring-Curtiss Flying Machine Won Championship Primary subject: Biplane Secondary subject: Wanamaker Store
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