14 Maiden Lane

Financial District | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1893

    October

    A windstorm pushes the unfinished steel frame out of plumb

    During construction, a strong windstorm shifted the incomplete frame about ten inches out of plumb. The cause was traced to oversized holes in the splices of the cast-iron columns, and the builders fixed it by adding knee braces at the ceiling line of every story. The same flaw later contributed to the 1904 collapse of the Darlington Hotel, which killed 25 construction workers.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1894

    Developers complete a ten-story tower built for the diamond trade

    Real-estate developers Abraham Boehm and Lewis Coon hired architect Gilbert A. Schellenger to design a ten-story building at 14 Maiden Lane for diamond merchants and jewelers. It had a cast-iron and steel frame with hollow-brick floor arches, built unusually strong to hold the heavy safes the trade needed. The building cost about $275,000, and the developers sold it for $375,000 a year after it was finished.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2001

    The former diamond-trade building is converted to apartments

    After serving as a commercial address for jewelers and diamond dealers, 14 Maiden Lane had been converted to residential use by 2001, with one large apartment on each floor. Its ground floor had been leased to retail tenants, and in 1915 it became home to Tessaro's, a rare-book dealer.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2022

    January

    A $9.5 million sale of the building leads to the eviction of its artist tenants

    In January 2022, 14 Maiden Lane was sold for $9.5 million. The remaining tenants, most of them artists, were evicted after the sale.

    Source: Wikipedia

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