272 Canal Street

also 48 Cortlandt Alley, 274 Canal Street | Civic Center | built 1915

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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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1885

    The Heidgerds, cloth merchants, have John B. Snook build a loft beside their building at 274

    Diederick and William Heidgerd, who ran a cloth business, hired the prominent commercial architect John B. Snook in 1885 to design this four-story building to resemble their adjacent one at 274 Canal Street. It replaced a masonry dwelling at the corner of Canal Street and Cortlandt Alley. Tenants over the years have included a chandelier maker, a liquor store and sellers of hosiery and underwear.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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