This ten-story, two bay Beaux Arts style structure was constructed in 1902 by architect Frederick C. Browne for Philip Braender. It was home to several dance studios and a printer started by a notable

This ten-story, two bay Beaux Arts style structure was constructed in 1902 by architect Frederick C. Browne for Philip Braender. It was home to several dance studios and a printer started by a notable

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.

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.

This four-story, two bay rowhouse was built c. 1870 by architect W. Field & Son for Henry Nailer (or Naylor). From 1953 to 1957, this was the home and studio of abstract expressionist painter Franz Kline. It is featured in the Season 4 premiere of Sex and the City. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This nine-story neo-Renaissance apartment building was constructed in 1925 and designed by Helmle, Corbett, & Harrison. Architectural renderer Hugh Ferriss, who envisioned urban utopia in his celebrated book The Metropolis of Tomorrow, and the actor who played Mr. Big in Sex and the City, resided here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.