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Fashion History Tour
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This area was home to many prominent innovators and leaders in the field of fashion. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.
Architecture Tour
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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.
1 West 13th Street
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This L-shaped 12-story loft building was designed in 1910 by Maynicke & Frank for Henry Corn with secessionist style motifs. It housed a noted venue for film showings, lectures, and other gatherings related to left-wing causes, attracting the likes of Paul Robeson but also FBI and House Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigations. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
72 Fifth Avenue
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This stunning 1893 Romanesque Revival style office building was designed by Cleverdon & Putzel as the headquarters of Appleton & Co. publishers, one of the largest and most prestigious in the country. \#leftistandlabor
Leftist and Labor Tour
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This area was a mecca for leftist and labor organizing, with many of the most significant figures and organizations of the 19th and 20th centuries located here. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.
Commerce Tour: West of Broadway
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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.
78 Fifth Avenue
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74-76 Fifth Avenue
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This L-shaped 12-story loft building was designed in 1910 by Maynicke & Franke for Henry Corn with secessionist style motifs. It housed a noted venue for film showings, lectures, and other gatherings related to left-wing causes, attracting the likes of Paul Robeson but also FBI and House Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigations. \#leftistandlabor Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.
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