Zürcher Studio
33 Bleecker Street | NoHo | built 1884
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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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- 1824
The Melville family moves into a newly built house at 33 Bleecker Street
In 1824 the family of the future novelist Herman Melville, then a small child, moved into a newly built house at 33 Bleecker Street. This was an earlier building on the site, which was rebuilt as a six-story store in 1884. The Melvilles moved on within a few years, settling on Broadway in 1828.
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- 1884
William S. Maddock builds a six-story Renaissance Revival store at 33-37 Bleecker Street
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Maddock had the six-story Renaissance Revival store designed by Maclay & Davis in 1884, as the area was filling with larger commercial buildings in place of early houses. Over the next century it passed through several owners, with Equitable Life Assurance holding it from 1892.
“…built in 1884 for owner William S. Maddock at a time when the area was becoming increasingly commercial in character…”
- 1980
Fur dealers, a machine shop and paper-box makers give way to residences and a gallery
For decades the building housed many fur businesses, plus Wachs Bros. Jewelry, Orlando Machine Works, Bleecker Mfg. Co. and Weissman Paper Boxes. After the war came sewing-machine dealers, a paper-twine firm and a handbag maker. By 1980 the upper floors were entirely residential and an art gallery occupied the ground floor.
“By 1980, its upper floors were completely residential, while an art gallery occupied the ground floor.”
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