This beautifully intact cast-iron structure which dates to 1880 was later owned by W. Jennings Demorest. In 1891 this structure was extended through the block with the construction of a connecting structure at 5 East 13th Street. Four bays in width, the cast iron façade at the upper stories features large rectilinear windows with rounded corners and eclectic ornament. The top story, which is set back from the façade, was added in the early 2000s. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This cast iron structure was built in 1880-81 for James McCreery (see McCreery’s Dry Goods Store at 801 Broadway) and designed by the firm of D & J Jardine, one of the more prominent architectural firms of late 19th century New York. The cast iron for the structure was manufactured by the West Side Architectural Iron Works. The building features a richly ornamented façade with large expansive windows.

This through-block building has its alternate façade fronting East 13th Street. Here is a more austere façade with a cast iron first story and upper stories of brick and stone. This building was designated an individual New York City landmark in 2008. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This stunning cast iron building was constructed in 1881 and designed by William Wheeler Smith for Joseph Little of 4 Van Nest Place. Known as an architect who embraced the latest technologies in his designs, Smith employed many details that made this building cutting-edge at the time. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This striking 7-story store and loft Beaux Arts Belle Époque structure was built in 1892-93 for the photographic materials company G. Gennert and designed by De Lemos & Cordes. Its façade is clad in a combination of stone, brick, terra cotta and cast iron, with the grandest section at the first and second floors, which housed Gennert. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

8 East 12th Street was constructed in 1907 by owner Middleboro and Master Builders Realty and Construction Co. and designed by Samuel Sass of Sass & Smallheiser. This single bay loft building is twelve stories in height with its first two stories clad in cast iron. Floors four through ten have cast iron spandrels. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

10-14 East 12th Street was constructed in 1907 by owner Middleboro and Master Builders Realty and Construction Co. and designed by Samuel Sass of Sass & Smallheiser. Three-bays wide and twelve stories in height, it features a two story cast iron base with pediments over each of its two entries with cartouches at their centers. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This Romanesque Revival style building was built in 1894 as a warehouse and designed by Louis Korn for Leopold R. True. 84 University Place is an interesting combination of gray brick, stone, terra cotta and cast iron infill. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This brick building with a cast iron front was built in 1873 and was originally four stories in height. Designed by William Field and Son and built for John A. Hadden, it is seven bays wide and features an eclectic ensemble of decorative motifs. In 2008, the three upper stories were added, designed by Philip Wu of io architects. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This nine-story richly Romanesque Revival style brick building was constructed in 1896 by owner and architect Albert Wagner with stores, lofts and a factory. The building stretches through the block occupying the addresses 35 East 12th Street (formerly No. 37) and 48-50 East 13th Street. The cast iron storefront on the East 12th Street façade is particularly handsome with rosettes at the intersections of the ornate horizontal and vertical members and cartouches at the grilled transoms above the entries. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This exceptionally vividly detailed and intact 8-story loft building was designed in 1896 by Cleverdon and Putzel for Louis Cohen. The building features extraordinarily elaborate ironwork at the first two stories with repetitive circular ornament, exaggerated scrolled brackets at the entries, and a modillioned cornice with dentil molding below. The New Building permit for No. 37 describes the material used as iron and brick. Although cast iron facades died away during the 1880s, cast iron continued to be used as structural members and at storefronts into the early 20th century. Therefore, it is likely that the “iron” referred to in the permit is cast iron. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

These two Romanesque Revival 8-story loft buildings were constructed in 1893 and 1895 by Cleverdon & Putzel for Phillip Braender and Louis Cohen. No. 39-41 (first image) has an especially elaborate ornamented cast iron base. No. 43-45 (second image) also features a richly-detailed cast iron base, albeit more austere than its neighbor to its west. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

36 East 12th Street is a 7-story neo-classical/Romanesque style loft building constructed in 1894 for German-born real estate developer and tire manufacturer Philip Braender by Cleverdon & Putzel. Like the many other Cleverdon & Putzel designs in the area, it features unusually robust decorative elements on the façade, including richly detailed cast iron work on the first two floors. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

Constructed in 1899, this 8-story loft building was built for German-born real estate developer and tire manufacturer Philip Braender. It was designed by architect Frederick C. Browne. The building features recessed and bracketed polygonal cast iron bays. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

42 East 12th Street is an elaborately detailed 7-story Romanesque Revival loft building constructed in 1894 and designed by Cleverdon & Putzel. Tripartite in its arrangement, the façade is clad in buff brick and stone with cast iron infill at the bays. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

Commissioned by fur manufacturers and importers Louis and Samuel Sachs, 43-47 East 10th Street was designed by Richard Berger in 1891. Berger was a distinguished architect of cast-iron fronted structures, and many of his works can be found in the SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District. Berger’s use of a cast iron frame at No. 43-47 allowed for three wide five-story arches with large expanses of glass. Sunlight would flood the interiors of the factories that later occupied this address. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

Permits were filed in March of 1878 for this cast iron, five-story Neo-Grec style store and loft building. It was built for Peter and Robert Goelet; no architect was identified, but the builders were Marc Eidlitz and M. Magrath. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

827-831 Broadway were built as twin loft buildings in 1866 and designed by Griffith Thomas in the Italianate style with neo-Grec elements. Built as a speculative investment for tobacco heir Pierre Lorillard III, their facades are clad in marble with cast iron elements. Thomas was a prolific designer utilizing cast iron. This building represents Thomas’ transition from marble with cast iron elements to all cast iron structures.

Both of the buildings are four stories in height and four bays wide, with rusticated cast-iron piers on either end of the combined facades and one at the center shared party wall. In 2017, 827-831 Broadway was designated an individual New York City landmark. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

47 East 12th Street was built in 1866 and designed by Griffith Thomas. It was built with and connects to 827-831 Broadway at the rears of the buildings. Somewhat more austere than the Broadway buildings, it is four stories in height and three bays wide, utilizing a mix of masonry and cast iron elements. At the second and third floors are cast iron rusticated piers at either side of the façade. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

821 Broadway is an eleven-story brick and stone loft building constructed in 1906 by Samuel Sass for Richman Realty & Construction Company. The building features a two story cast iron base. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

801 Broadway/67 East 11th Street, now known as “the Cast Iron Building,” was built in 1868 for James McCreery. McCreery owned the dry goods emporium James McCreery & Company, one of the city’s premier stores at the time. The building was designed by architect John Kellum, known for his work in the new medium of cast-iron. Both facades were designed with cast-iron from the foundry of J. B. & W. W. Cornell Ironworks. This allowed for large shop windows, an innovative feature for its day. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

836 Broadway was built in 1876 by Stephen Decatur Hatch (1839-1894). Hatch was a prominent New York City architect who started as a draftsman for the architectural office of John B. Snook, known for designing iron front buildings. In 1864, Hatch started his own firm and became an architect of the United States War Department.

Both facades of 836 Broadway are clad in ornamented cast iron. In 2019, this building was designated an individual New York City landmark. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

Eleven stories in height, 830 Broadway was built in 1897 and designed by Cleverdon & Putzel in the Renaissance Revival style. There is a two-story cast iron storefront infill surrounded by single bays with rusticated piers. In 2019, this building was designated an individual New York City landmark. The impressive and intricately-detailed ten-story Renaissance Revival structure at 832 Broadway was designed in 1896 by Ralph S. Townsend for the Commercial Realty and Improvement Company. The building’s three-story rusticated limestone base has a cast iron storefront at the central bay. In 2019, this building was designated an individual New York City landmark. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

812 Broadway was built in 1868-1870 and designed by Griffith Thomas who is also responsible for 827-831 Broadway, an individual New York City landmark. It was built to accommodate a store and office for Max Weill, according to the new building permit from 1868. Like Nos. 827-831, No. 812 is a cast iron and stone structure designed in the Italianate style. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This nine story, single bay loft building (three bays at the upper stories) is clad with cast iron at the first two stories. The infill of floors three through six appears to be metal or cast iron with entablatures between the floors and the same tripartite arrangement in the windows seen at the second floor. The building was designed in the Chateauesque style in 1907 by William Rouse and Sloan. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This striking loft building, which runs the entire block from Broadway to Fourth Avenue behind Grace Church, was designed in 1887 by James Renwick and the partners in his successor firm — James Lawrence Aspinwall and William Hamilton Russell, Renwick’s grand-nephew. Both sides of the building maintain beautifully intact cast-iron storefronts. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

Designed by architect John Kellum, when completed in 1862 the A. T. Stewart Department store was the largest building in New York, and one of the first, if not the very first, to use structural steel to hold it up. The new store was described by a journalist from The Independent in 1863 as “…the first and only one of its kind in the world constructed wholly of iron, standing alone, unsupported by any surrounding walls. It is an enduring monument to the mind that conceived it, and the architect who executed it.” It was designed in the Italian palazzo style, five-stories in height with its exterior painted white. It featured street-level sheets of plate glass between tall Corinthian columns, and above there were four tiers of 84 identically arched windows. Inside, the upper floors had a central open space topped by a great central rotunda and a huge skylight. The entire exterior was made of cast iron, and unlike Stewart’s first department store at 280 Broadway in Lower Manhattan (New York’s very first Department Store), which was known as “The Marble Palace” for its grand and sumptuous marble exterior, this store was known as “The Iron Palace,” and marked the beginning of the march up Broadway of high-end commercial emporia known in its time as ‘Ladies’ Mile.’ Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of extant historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This five story Italianate style cast-iron loft building was constructed in 1872 by the renowned architect Griffith Thomas for the Estate of Samuel J. Hunt. Austere in its design, the structure exemplifies the elemental simplicity of much early cast iron architecture. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This six-story painted red brick building was constructed in 1889 and designed by architect Benjamin E. Lowe for Mrs. Ellen R. Randell. There is a cast iron storefront capped by a robust cornice. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This four-story structure was built in 1863 for David Glass. The cast-iron ground floor is impressively intact. It has a center entrance, and a transomed double door framed with two molded pilasters with Corinthian capitals of cast iron. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .

This 5-story loft building with a later 1-story rooftop addition was constructed in 1888 by David and John Jardine for Van Tassel & Kearney. Designed in a robust Romanesque Revival style, this four-bay structure features an elegant cast iron base with Ionic piers. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square. . . .