269 Canal Street

SoHo | built 1871

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

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1871
Detlef Lienau designs a five-story Italianate loft building for John A. Bunting
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Architect Detlef Lienau designed 269 Canal Street, which was built in 1871 for John A. Bunting. Its bracketed sills, molded lintels and dentiled cornice mark it as Italianate. Over the years its tenants ranged from wholesale druggists to flooring makers and doll fabricators.
“…designed by architect Detlef Lienau and built in 1871 for John A. Bunting; wholesales druggists to flooring manufacturers and doll fabricators…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1925
A new storefront goes in for the Knickerbocker Doll Company after a possible fire
In 1925 the building at 269 Canal Street got a new storefront, and its cast-iron columns were swapped for steel columns and girders. The lessee was the Knickerbocker Doll Company. The landmarks commission suggests a fire on the first floor, reported in the New York Times on April 1, 1925, may have prompted the work.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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