1 Avenue of the Americas

also 3 Avenue of the Americas | Tribeca | built 2019

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1930
The 1930 extension of Sixth Avenue demolishes seven older buildings on this block, leaving two triangular lots
Sixth Avenue's southern extension in 1930 cut diagonally across the street grid at the east end of the Franklin Street block between Church Street and West Broadway. Seven lots were affected, and one stone-fronted building was demolished on each, leaving two triangular slivers along the new avenue. These were earlier buildings on the site now holding 1 Avenue of the Americas. The land stayed vacant for some years and was turned into a parking lot in 1948.
“Seven lots (Nos. 1, 3, 28, 30, 31, 32, and 33) were affected by this project; one stone-fronted structure was demolished on each site.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2015
Community Board 1 backs renaming the block, opening the way to a 1 Avenue of the Americas address
In 2015 the developer DDG learned that the city had never renamed the first block of Sixth Avenue, between Franklin and White Streets, when the avenue became Avenue of the Americas in 1945. The project, called 100 Franklin Street throughout city approvals, was to rise on two narrow former parking lots, and DDG asked Community Board 1 to support a one-block name change, after which the building would get numbers from 1 to 7 Avenue of the Americas. The Tribeca committee and then the full board approved. A White Street resident at the meeting said everyone would keep calling it Sixth Avenue.
Source: tribecatrib.com

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