14 West 4th Street

also 8 West 4th Street, 6 West 4th Street, 246 Mercer Street | NoHo | built 1908

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  1. 1885

    Albert Tower of Poughkeepsie builds a six-story store building at 687-691 Broadway in two stages

    J. A. Wood designed the Neo-Grec building for Albert Tower, who lived in Poughkeepsie, as this part of Broadway turned commercial. The five-bay northern section, No. 691, was filed in 1885-86 and the six-bay southern section, Nos. 687-689, in 1887-88. The Broadway front has a cast-iron storefront with slender columns, and the building also faces Mercer Street as 250-254 Mercer.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1910

    Small hat and clothing makers fill the building, and its roof balustrade is lost

    In 1910 the building held several small manufacturers, mainly of hats and other clothing. Sometime between 1910 and about 1938 the ornate original roof balustrade was removed, along with some of the cast-iron detail. By the 1970s the tenants had a more industrial character, making screws, fireplace equipment and belt buckles.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1978

    Henry George Greene converts the building to cooperative apartments with ground-floor shops

    In 1978-79 developer Henry George Greene converted 687-691 Broadway into a cooperative apartment complex with storefronts at street level. The complex also takes in the other eight buildings on the block.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  4. 2024

    February

    The Evolution Store, a natural-history shop at 687 Broadway, is named Village Preservation's Business of the Month

    Bill Stevens opened the Evolution Store in 1993, stocking it from his own collection of minerals, fossils and specimens. His daughter and son-in-law took it over in 2015 and later moved it from SoHo to its Broadway location. Village Preservation profiled it in February 2024, noting that the landlord had refused to renew the lease and that the owners hoped to relocate within the neighborhood.

    Source: Village Preservation

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