Among the many industries which this area played a significant role in shaping and transforming was photography. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This lot includes two buildings. 835 Broadway was constructed c. 1850-54 by Abraham Valentine, and housed inventor James Lidgerwood and 19th century photographer James Henry Wright. 58 East 13th Street was constructed c. 1853 by Abraham Valentine and housed the National Academy of Design, the first institution in the United States established by and under the exclusive control of professional artists, which included among its members many of the greatest American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Multiple innovators in the field of commerce were located here, once the center of commerce in New York, along with the headquarters of several prominent businesses. 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.

Constructed by Marc Eidlitz and M. Magrath in 1878, this five-story cast-iron store and loft building features a neo-Grec design. In the 1880s, the building was owned by Gilded Age barons Robert and Ogden Goelet. The Wheeler & Wilson Company, which revolutionized clothing manufacturing, also made its home here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This lot includes two buildings. 835 Broadway was constructed c. 1850-54 by Abraham Valentine, and housed inventor James Lidgerwood and 19th century photographer James Henry Wright. 58 East 13th Street was constructed c. 1853 by Abraham Valentine and housed the National Academy of Design, the first institution in the United States established by and under the exclusive control of professional artists, which included among its members many of the greatest American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This eight-story loft building was designed by Henri Fouchaux for Henri Miller c. 1900 in the Beaux Arts style. Fouchaux was the architect of many landmarked New York City buildings in Tribeca, Ladies Mile, the Upper West Side, Sugar Hill, and the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.