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.

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 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.