Former Tiffany & Co. Building

11 Union Square West | also 22 East 15th Street, 11 Union Square, 15 Union Square West | Union Square | built 1900

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  1. 1870

    Tiffany & Co. opens a $500,000 jewelry store with cast-iron arches on Union Square

    Charles Lewis Tiffany commissioned architect John Kellum to design a new home for his firm beside Union Square, on East 15th Street. The cast-iron building, whose 16-foot arches rose above the park, opened in 1870 at a cost of $500,000. Contemporaries called it the largest store of its kind in the world and nicknamed it the palace of jewels. Tiffany & Co. stayed until 1906.

    “Commissioned by Charles Lewis Tiffany in 1869, John Kellum designed the original structure, which included 16-foot cast-iron arches that rose above the park. The building cost $500,000 and opened in 1870.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1925

    The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America occupies the former Tiffany store

    By 1925 the cast-iron building that Tiffany & Co. had left in 1906 was home to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, a garment-trade union. The jewelers' showplace of 1870 had become a labor headquarters on the edge of Union Square.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1952

    After a pedestrian is killed by falling cast iron, Amalgamated Bank covers the facade in white brick

    By 1952 the building belonged to Amalgamated Bank. After a falling piece of cast iron struck and killed a pedestrian, the bank removed the original facade and covered the building in white brick. The altered building stood unchanged for more than 50 years.

    “After a fatal accident where a pedestrian was struck by a falling piece of cast iron, they stripped the original façade and covered it with white brick.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2008

    Six glass floors rise above the restored Tiffany arches in a condominium conversion

    Brack Capital Real Estate bought the property in 2006 and took down the white-brick facade. The original six-story structure was restored, its arches reconditioned and wrapped behind glass and black anodized aluminum, and six new all-glass floors were added on top. Eran Chen of ODA-Architecture designed the 36-residence condominium, which reopened in 2008.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2011

    Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki buys two apartments in the building for $9 million

    Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki purchased two of the building's two-bedroom apartments in 2011 for $9 million. Earlier that year the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio bought the retail portion of the development for $57.88 million.

    Source: Wikipedia

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