28 Howard Street
also 1 Crosby Street | SoHo | built 1872
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1872
D. & J. Jardine design a five-story cast-iron store at Howard and Crosby Streets for F.G. Frazer
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The firm of D. & J. Jardine designed this corner building in 1872 for F.G. Frazer. Its two street fronts, on Howard and Crosby Streets, are both cast iron, with Corinthian columns and molded crowns above each story. The city's landmark report describes it as an Italianate loft building from the years when SoHo was shifting from housing to commerce.
“…designed by architects D. & J Jardine and built in 1872 for F.G. Frazer…”
- 1895
Wool wholesalers, cloak makers and infant-wear firms fill 28 Howard Street
City records trace a run of garment-trade tenants through the building. Keenan & Collins, wholesale wool, was listed here in 1895, followed by L.N. Gutman, cloaks, in 1901, and Arnold Rosenbaum, infant wear, in 1909. By 1947 the Defender Textile Co. was using the space to make nylon parachutes.
“Keenan & Collins, wholesale wool (1895); L.N. Gutman, cloaks (1901); Arnold Rosenbaum, infant wear (1909)…”
- 1997
The Bronwyn Keenan Gallery is listed in the old cast-iron store at 1 Crosby Street in 1997
By the late twentieth century the building was following SoHo's shift from factories to art. DD Art Studio is listed here in 1979, and the Bronwyn Keenan Gallery appears in 1997. The landmark report points to the growth of galleries and boutiques as part of the building's recent story, and a salon was a tenant by 2005.
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