The Cass Gilbert

130 West 30th Street | Chelsea | built 1928

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  1. 1928

    Cass Gilbert designs an Assyrian Revival loft for fur trader Salomon Manne

    Architect Cass Gilbert, fresh off the Woolworth Building, designed 130 West 30th Street in 1927-28 as a loft for fur trader Salomon J. Manne. Gilbert gave the entrance an Assyrian Revival treatment, with terra-cotta friezes of winged chariots hunting deer flanked by stylized lions, and the client's initials, S.J.M., carved above the doorway.

    Source: Forgotten New York

  2. 2001

    November 13

    The city designates 130 West 30th Street a landmark

    New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission designated 130 West 30th Street a landmark on November 13, 2001, protecting Cass Gilbert's Assyrian-influenced facade in the Garment District. Gilbert never explained the choice of style, saying only that he liked to shape a building as "the style which seems best adapted to the purpose."

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2003

    The loft building is converted to condominiums and renamed for its architect

    In 2003 the fur-trade loft at 130 West 30th Street was converted into residential condominiums and renamed The Cass Gilbert, after its original architect. The building had spent most of the twentieth century as commercial loft space in Manhattan's Garment District before the conversion.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2016

    April

    Congregation Beit Simchat Torah moves into the building's lower floors

    Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a synagogue serving New York's LGBT community, bought the lower three floors of 130 West 30th Street for $7 million in June 2011. After a five-year renovation, the congregation moved into its new sanctuary there in April 2016.

    Source: Wikipedia

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