388 West Broadway

also 386 West Broadway | SoHo | built 1871

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1871
Amos Eno builds a cast-iron loft at 386-388 West Broadway right after the street is widened for the El
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Robert Mook designed this five-story Italianate store and loft building, finished in 1871 for the real estate investor Amos R. Eno. It went up just after Laurens Street was widened to make room for an elevated railway, a project that demolished many buildings on the west side and led to the street's renaming as South Fifth Avenue. Its cast-iron front has paneled piers and a bracketed roof cornice.
“…built in 1870-71 for owner Amos R. Eno shortly after Laurens Street was widened (to accommodate the elevated train)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1983
From cap makers to wine importers to galleries, 386-388 West Broadway changes tenants with SoHo
A. Schwartz & Brother, makers of cloth caps, were listed here in 1883, followed by the wine importer Alfred Kramer & Co. in 1914 and a trunk manufacturer in 1917. By 1970 offset printers occupied the building, and in 1983 the Gallery of the American Indian opened at the address. The H. Heather Edelman Gallery appears in 1997, and the upper floors have since become condominiums.
“A. Schwartz & Brother, cloth caps (1883); Alfred Kramer & Co., wine importer (1914); a trunk manufacturer (1917); Newspaper Industries, Inc., offset printers (1970)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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