Donald Judd's 101 Spring Street

101 Spring Street | also 104 Mercer Street | SoHo | built 1871

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1968
Donald Judd buys 101 Spring Street, the first building he owns
In 1968 the artist Donald Judd bought 101 Spring Street, a cast-iron building designed by Nicholas Whyte and built in 1870. It was the first building he owned, and he made its five floors his New York home and studio, filled with his personal effects and collection. Here he worked out his idea of permanent installation; in 1989 he wrote that everything was meant from the first to be thoroughly considered and permanent.
Source: juddfoundation.org
2013
June
The Judd Foundation opens 101 Spring Street to the public
Restoration began in 2010 after years of planning. The badly deteriorated cast-iron facade required removing 1,300 non-structural cast-iron pieces, and the interiors were returned to their condition in 1994, the year Judd died. The Judd Foundation opened the building to visitors in June 2013, showing the home and studio as the artist had installed them.
Source: juddfoundation.org

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