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.

The area south of Union Square contains a stunning array of residential and commercial architecture from the 19th through the early 20th century. There is a particularly rich array of late 19th and early 20th-century factory/loft/warehouse architecture, in every style from Italianate to Gothic and Romanesque Revival, Neo-classical, Queen Anne, Victorian, and Byzantine. Work by some of America’s greatest architects, including James Renwick Jr., Henry J. Hardenbergh, Emery Roth, Griffith Thomas, Napoleon LeBrun, Harvey Wiley Corbett, David, and John Jardine, George B. Post, Carrere and Hastings, John Kellum, and Charles Rentz, among others, can be found here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

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.

An incredible array of sites in the area are connected to the great artists and art movements of the last century and a half. In the mid-20th century, this area was ground zero for the New York School of artists, who shifted the center of the art world from Paris to New York. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

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.

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.