145 Hudson Street

Tribeca | built 1929

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  1. 1929

    The Vivian Green Company builds a 14-story factory on Trinity Church land at Hudson and Hubert streets

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    In 1929 the Vivian Green Company put up a fourteen-story factory at the southwest corner of Hudson and Hubert streets. The company leased the site from Trinity Church. Six early-nineteenth-century buildings that had faced St. John's Park were cleared for the new structure, which has a 142-foot front on Hudson Street and a 76-foot front on Hubert Street.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1929

    Renwick, Aspinwall & Guard design a reinforced-concrete loft with Art Deco touches

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    The firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Guard designed the building as a fireproof reinforced-concrete frame, faced in cast stone at its two-story base and brick above. The main entrance on Hudson Street has an arched doorway with stepped reveals and diamond-cut bosses framing the bays, details the Landmarks Commission ties to Art Deco. Ribbed piers rise through the upper floors and the original steel factory windows survive.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1940

    Printers and publishers fill the building in the 1940s

    By the 1940s the former Vivian Green factory at 145 Hudson Street housed many firms, most of them in printing and publishing. As built, the building had two vehicular entrances on Hubert Street that led to interior loading docks.

    “In the 1940s the building was occupied by many firms which were primarily in the printing and publishing businesses.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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