I. Miller Building

1552 Broadway | also 167 West 46th Street | Times Square | built 1926

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.

1926
Shoe designer Israel Miller remodels two brownstones into a Broadway flagship
In 1926 shoe designer Israel Miller remodeled two brownstones at 1552 Broadway into a store for his I. Miller shoe chain, which specialized in footwear for show business. The facade carries the carved phrase "The Show Folks Shoe Shop, Dedicated to Beauty in Footwear." Four life-size statues of actresses stand in niches on the 46th Street side.
Source: Ephemeral New York
1929
October 20
Stirling Calder's four actress statues are unveiled on the I. Miller Building
The I. Miller chain held a nationwide contest to name the most popular actress in drama, film, musical comedy and opera. The winners were Ethel Barrymore, Mary Pickford, Marilyn Miller and Rosa Ponselle, and Alexander Stirling Calder sculpted their statues for the building. They were unveiled on October 20, 1929, two months after Israel Miller died that August.
Source: Wikipedia
1999
June 30
The city designates the I. Miller Building a landmark
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building at 1552 Broadway a landmark on June 30, 1999. A TGI Fridays later operated there, and SL Green and Wharton Acquisitions bought the property in 2011 for $136.6 million. Restoration under the new owners was completed in 2014.
Source: Wikipedia

Nearby