New York, NY on South of Union Square

South of Union Square

Sparrow Shoe Factory · 195 Broadway

Sparrow Shoe Factory

[Looking west on Broadway to 195 Broadway.]

Originally Sparrow Shoe factory warehouse.

IMAGE DATE1975

From

Museum of the City of New York

View west on Broadway toward the former Sparrow Shoe Factory (No. 195), ca. 1975.

The cast iron-fronted factory was built in 1882 for the show manufacturing business of James R. Sparrow and his son James R. Sparrow, Jr.

At right is the awning for the Peter Luger Steak House, a restaurant founded in 1887 as Carl Luger’s Café, Billiards and Bowling Alley. At left is the Williamsburgh Savings Bank.

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