Village Voice Building

34 Cooper Square | also 36 Cooper Square | NoHo | built 1894

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

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1894
John T. Williams designs and owns a seven-story cast-iron warehouse
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John T. Williams designed the Renaissance Revival warehouse and is also listed as its owner. Built in 1894, it replaced earlier houses and shops along Cooper Square. Later it was linked inside with the adjoining buildings: 38 Cooper Square, 32 Cooper Square and 419-421 Lafayette Street. In 1922 a water tank was added to the roof for the owner, Lewis Barth & Sons.
“This warehouse, was designed by John T. Williams, who was also listed as the owner, and constructed in 1894…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1933
The building becomes a showroom and factory, and later a home for Hartz Mountain pet products
In 1933 the building was in use as a showroom and factory. Later it was both owned and occupied by the Hartz Mountain Corp., a maker and supplier of pet care products. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's district report describes it as occupied by offices.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1991
The Village Voice moves its offices to Cooper Square
The Village Voice, founded in 1955 by Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer from a Greenwich Village apartment, had moved several times, including to Christopher Street in 1960. In 1991 it moved to Cooper Square in the East Village, and its headquarters was listed at 36 Cooper Square. The paper left for the Financial District in 2013.
Source: Wikipedia

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