Mandarin Plaza

376 Broadway | also 378 Broadway, 374 Broadway | Civic Center | built 1990

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1988
Chinatown's expansion inspires the name and detailing of a Tribeca apartment tower
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's report on the Tribeca East Historic District records that in 1988-90 a 26-story condominium called Mandarin Plaza was built at Broadway and White Street, designed by Daniel Pang & Associates. Its name and some of its detailing answer the recent spread of Chinatown into the northeast corner of Tribeca, a change also visible in the occupants of many buildings along Broadway and Canal Street. The tower followed the conversion of nearby store and loft buildings to residential cooperatives in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1990
Mandarin Plaza is completed with a plaza, a metal pagoda and a 26-story brick tower
Completed in 1990 for 374 Broadway Associates, the tower sits back from the street on a site measuring 75 by 150 feet and is clad in two shades of brick. A one-story base reaches out into a plaza of hexagonal concrete pavers, which also holds brick planters, steps and a metal pagoda. The site earlier held a five-story brick store and loft building, and before that a marble-faced building occupied by the dry goods importers Sweetser, Pembrook & Co.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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