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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.