362 West Broadway

SoHo | built 1892

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

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1870
The 1870 widening of Laurens Street demolishes homes near Colored Public School No. 2, which stood on this lot
In 1870 the city began widening Laurens Street, now West Broadway, which required condemning and demolishing all or part of 127 properties on its west side. The landmarks report says the affected area was home to about seven hundred people, mainly African Americans. It names Colored Public School No. 2 at 362-364 West Broadway among the nearby institutions serving that community; the lot is now occupied by a six-story loft building.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1892
Michael J. Mahoney has William H. Hume design a six-story factory
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William H. Hume designed this Romanesque Revival factory, built in 1892 for Michael J. Mahoney. Multi-story brick piers with Corinthian capitals carry broad arches spanning three bays. Occupants over the years included a steam-heater manufacturer (1894-96), the United States Bread Co. (1902) and, in 1896, an art embroiderer, a surgical-instrument maker, a galvanized iron workshop and a paper box factory. The upper floors later became apartments.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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