400 West Broadway

SoHo | built 1871

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

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1871
William Jose designs a five-story flats building with a shop at 400 West Broadway for J. Bon Dore
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Built in 1870-71 for J. Bon Dore, this Italianate building combined apartments above with a ground-floor storefront. It went up just after Laurens Street was widened for the elevated railway, when the western edge of SoHo was a mix of factories, warehouses and tenements. The architect was William Jose, and the brick facade has cast-iron lintels and a bracketed cornice.
“…designed by architect William Jose and built in 1870-71 for J. Bon Dore…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1945
The upper floors of 400 West Broadway become lofts in 1945, then offices in the late 1980s
A conversion in 1945 turned the upper floors of this former flats building into loft space, and in the late 1980s they became offices, when a large rooftop addition was also built. Since the 1990s the Robert Lee Morris jewelry boutique has occupied the storefront.
“…upper floors were converted to loft space in 1945 and to office space in the late 1980s…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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