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411 Lafayette Street | also 409 Lafayette Street | NoHo | built 1892

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1892

    Lace importer Simon Goldenberg builds a loft warehouse designed by Alfred Zucker

    Zucker designed the warehouse, built in two stages in 1891-92, for Simon Goldenberg, who imported lace and took part in Jewish social and charitable groups. He died in 1897 and his estate kept the building until at least 1917. By 1902 a men's clothing manufacturer occupied it.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1908

    May

    George L. Storm & Co. cigars keep growing through the Panic of 1907

    The cigar maker and retailer George L. Storm & Co. occupied space in the building. The trade journal The Tobacco Leaf reported in May 1908 that its business had grown over the same months of 1907, despite the Panic. It credited demand for the firm's staple brands of cigars.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1936

    Dolls, bookbinding and paper firms fill the lofts

    Later tenants included the doll maker E.I. Horsman on the ground floor in 1930. The Columbus Metal Frame Co. came in 1936, Belle Book Binding in 1939, and in 1946 the Spencer Paper Company. In 1949 Durst Manufacturing, a plumbing accessories firm, introduced a float made of polystyrene. Durst was still in the building in 1987.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1987

    Meringoff Properties signs a 49-year lease to turn the lofts into offices

    In February 1987 Meringoff Properties signed a 49-year lease with the long-time owner, Aredlo Realty Co., and planned to start in April, after Durst left. The work produced 65,000 square feet of offices and 14,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The facade, which had survived nearly intact, was restored.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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