Park & Tilford Building

100 West 72nd Street | also 250 Columbus Avenue, 252 Columbus Avenue, 246 Columbus Avenue | Lincoln Square | built 1893

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1893
September 23
McKim, Mead & White design a store for grocer Park & Tilford
The luxury grocery chain Park & Tilford, founded in 1840 by John Tilford and Joseph Park, opens a new store at 100 West 72nd Street on September 23, 1893. Architects McKim, Mead & White design the seven-story Renaissance Revival building of Roman brick, Indiana limestone and terra cotta, for about $85,000.
Source: Wikipedia
1916
December 17
An ammonia explosion rocks the Park & Tilford building's candy factory
A fire breaks out in the basement candy-making operation of the Park & Tilford building on December 17, 1916, setting off ammonia tank explosions that injure firefighters. About 300 employees evacuate safely while crews in oxygen helmets battle the blaze in the confined sub-cellar.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1925
The former grocery store is renovated into the Papae Building
After Park & Tilford sells the building in 1920, architect Bernard Hersbrun renovates it in 1925 into offices and stores, with a bowling alley in the basement, and it becomes known as the Papae Building. A 1972 conversion turns it into residential cooperative apartments.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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