This four-story building, designed by architect Griffith Thomas, was built in 1866. Its facade features historic cast-iron piers. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Several notable preservation battles have taken place in these blocks, in both the recent and more distant past, as great works of architecture or places of historic significance have faced the wrecking ball. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of extant historic buildings south of Union Square.

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.

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.

These twin loft buildings were designed by Griffith Thomas in the Italianate style, with neo-Grec elements and cast-iron piers. They were constructed in 1866 by Pierre Lorillard III, grandson of the noted tobacco manufacturer Pierre Lorillard I. The Wheeler & Wilson Company, which revolutionized clothing manufacturing, was headquartered here, and the buildings were later the center of New York’s antique district. Several leading abstract expressionist painters and art world figures established their homes or studios in the buildings. Pop star Cyndi Lauper lived here, and tryouts for Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue also took place here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Village Preservation has multiple oral histories with significant figures in the arts, literature, commerce, preservation, activism, and philanthropy which focus on, connect to, or mention sites in this area. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

825 Broadway/49 East 12th Street was constructed c. 1961 by architect Max M. Simon for Jack Sobel. It has facades on both Broadway and East 12th Street.

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.

825 Broadway/49 East 12th Street was constructed c. 1961 by architect Max M. Simon for Jack Sobel. It has facades on both Broadway and East 12th Street.

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.

The area south of Union Square is one of New York’s main centers of cast iron architecture, from some of its earliest surviving fully cast-iron buildings to predominantly masonry buildings with distinctive and elaborate cast iron ground floors or ornament. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

Several notable musicians and music venues found a home in this area, from jazz to punk, blues to folk. Listen to a playlist featuring a selection of songs by some of the amazing artists connected to this neighborhood. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.