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.

Since at least the 1890s and through the 20th century, this area was the center of the bookselling industry in New York, centered along Fourth Avenue as well as Broadway and University Place, and probably had the highest concentration of booksellers in the world. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.