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.

In spite of massive waves of commercial construction, tenement building, and later hotel and apartment building construction which swept through this neighborhood, the area retains dozens of rowhouses from its early stages of development, dating from the early 1830s to the early 1850s. They range from modest to grand, most in the Greek Revival or Italianate style. Reflecting the vast forces of change which swept through the area, none remained single family houses, taking on new lives housing commerce, unions, theaters, art galleries, and multiple tenants. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

This three-story building was constructed c. 1852-53 for Emanuel Schwartz. It was the home of Adolph’s Asti Restaurant, featured in the 1988 movie Big. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

Designed by Thomas O’Connor, this four-story neo-Grec structure was constructed in 1873 for John McIntyre. It was the headquarters of the publishers Ward, Locke, and Bowden, who published Lewis Carroll and Oscar Wilde, as well as Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This Greek Revival rowhouse was built in 1839-41 for George W. Tucker. American impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir and Social Realist painter Reginald Marsh resided here. The building was also home to key leaders of a missionary-led organization. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.