353 Canal Street
also 2 Wooster Street, 351 Canal 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
Gaylor's corner store uses one repeated cast-iron bay design on both Canal and Wooster streets
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N. H. Gaylor designed this five-story corner building, finished in 1872, with a front of cast iron in a style close to the neo-Grec. The nine bays facing Canal Street match the eleven on Wooster Street, so the same rhythm wraps the whole corner. The ground-floor columns are smooth-shafted and rest on paneled bases above low stoops, and the upper floors repeat the same column treatment. The landmark report says the repeated details add to a sense of standardization across the facade.
“…designed by N.H. Gaylor and built in 1871-72. The nine bays on Canal Street, which are identical to the eleven bays on the Wooster Street facade…”
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