262 Canal Street
Civic Center | built 1915
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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.
- 1862
P. H. Frost replaces an old building with a cast-iron store and loft as Canal Street turns commercial
A buyer named Frost bought 262 Canal Street in 1861, and within a year he replaced the old building with a cast-iron-fronted store and loft with two-story arcades and a modillioned cornice. Canal Street was then changing from small brick houses and shops to a commercial street. The lot's tax assessment rose from $9,000 to $22,000, though Frost was still advertising the space as vacant in 1869.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1874
Dry goods merchant J. E. Deacon offers a $250 reward after a case of cassimere is stolen outside the store
By 1871 J. E. Deacon ran a dry goods store on the ground floor, with importers Smith & Lupton upstairs. On February 2, 1874, goods unloaded onto the sidewalk were stolen, a case of 24 pieces of mixed cassimere cloth. More than a week later Deacon advertised in the New York Herald offering $250 for its return. Smith & Lupton were meanwhile in a transatlantic lawsuit over unpaid London merchandise.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1984
McDonald's takes over the entire building
Carpet dealers occupied the building in the 1920s and apparel makers replaced them in the 1940s. Around 1984 McDonald's took over the whole building, using the lower two floors for the restaurant and the third for mechanical space. The cast-iron storefront was probably already gone, and the new facade imitated the upper-floor arches in brick.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
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