157 Spring Street

also 409 West Broadway | SoHo | built 1901

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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.

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  1. 1901

    January 31

    Small & Schumann finish a six-story store and loft building on the corner of Spring Street and West Broadway

    Architects Small & Schumann designed this corner building for Arthur A. Hodges, with construction running from September 1899 to January 1901. It has six stories of brick and terra cotta and seven bays along West Broadway, and was planned as stores with lofts above. The landmark report adds that its cornice was cut to make room for a fire escape.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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