151 Grand Street

also 158 Lafayette Street, 162 Lafayette Street | SoHo | built 1920

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

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1889
Herman Heidgard builds a six-story Queen Anne loft on the corner of Lafayette and Grand Streets in two sections
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Herman Heidgard had the building at 158-164 Lafayette Street, also numbered 151 Grand Street, put up in 1889-90. It was designed by F. & W. E. Bloodgood together with John B. Snook & Sons, and it went up in two stages. It joined the large stores and factories then rising near Broadway as SoHo became a center of the dry-goods and textile trades.
“…designed by architects F. & W.E. Bloodgood and John B. Snook & Sons, and was built in two sections in 1889-90 for Herman Heidgard…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1980
The Robert Freidus gallery occupies 158-164 Lafayette Street as art galleries move into SoHo lofts
Printers and tool makers filled the loft building at 158-164 Lafayette Street for much of the twentieth century, among them George I. Wilson & Sons in 1918 and the SID Tool Co. in 1955. By 1980 the Robert Freidus gallery was listed there. The landmarks commission sees that tenant as an example of art galleries replacing manufacturers in the area.
“Later, occupancy of the building, which included the Robert Freidus gallery (1980), reflected the trend toward art galleries locating in the area.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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