Roebling Building

169 Hudson Street | Tribeca | built 1894

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  1. 1893

    John H. Wray builds twin fireproof warehouses on Hudson Street

    John H. Wray commissioned architect James Edward Ware to design two seven-story brick warehouses with tin roofs at 169-175 Hudson Street, built at a cost of $80,000. Ware, known for designing fireproof warehouses, gave the utilitarian buildings a unified facade of iron-spot brick with terra cotta trim.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1899

    Silk dealers store raw silk in the Hudson Street warehouse

    New York's silk dealers made heavy use of the new warehouse. A trade journal noted in 1899 that storage space for raw silk was in lively demand at the warehouses at 173-175 Hudson Street.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1912

    John A. Roebling's Sons Company buys the warehouses

    The wire-rope manufacturer John A. Roebling's Sons Company, whose founder became famous for wire-rope suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge, bought the building in 1912 and announced that it would eventually move its offices there. Its only exterior change was the name ROEBLING in large bronze letters on the parapet. The firm stored and shipped its steel cables and ropes from the building for decades.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 2000

    BDB Development converts the warehouses into luxury lofts

    BDB Development, a partnership of Charles Dunne, Sam Waksal and Jarrett Posner, converted the former warehouse into 12 luxury apartments in 2000. Most units run about 4,383 square feet, and the penthouse duplexes about 6,450. Residents included Sean Combs and Chris Heinz, son of Teresa Heinz Kerry.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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