424 Broome Street

SoHo | built 1897

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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. 1827

    September 16

    Philanthropist Thomas Eddy dies and his funeral is held in his house on Broome Street

    Thomas Eddy, aged 69, died on September 16, 1827, and mourners gathered at his home at this address for the funeral. He had served as a governor of New York Hospital, pushed for the creation of its asylum, opposed slavery and helped oversee construction of the Erie Canal. Governor De Witt Clinton wrote to the widow beforehand, calling Eddy his invaluable friend.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1881

    A paint and photographic-supply shop hands out a pamphlet disguised as a guidebook to New York

    P. Ayres & Sons, dealers in paints, oils and glass who later added photographic supplies, occupied the old house at No. 424. In 1881 the shop gave away a promotional pamphlet that looked like a tourist guide, titled Old Landmarks, or How to See New York. Its advice to visitors was to stay wary of strangers, avoid crowds at night and ask a policeman for directions.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1897

    The Corn brothers replace an old house with Louis Korn's seven-story Renaissance Revival loft

    Samuel and Henry Corn bought the three-story brick house on November 1, 1894 for $40,000 and hired architect Louis Korn to replace it. Construction began in 1896, and the 25-foot-wide building was finished a year later in stone, brick and cast iron. Trimmings and apparel makers filled its floors almost at once, with a stationer on the ground floor.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1927

    June 5

    A printer here sells souvenir postcards to be airmailed to Charles Lindbergh after his Paris landing

    About two weeks after Lindbergh's nonstop flight to Paris landed on May 21, 1927, the Glicksman Press at 424 Broome announced a souvenir postcard for sending greetings to the aviator. The Postmaster General had told the firm's A. Litton that air mail addressed to Lindbergh in New York would be flown in time to reach him on his arrival. The New York Times reported the plan on June 5.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1981

    The building becomes an artists' co-op, then its residents sue over noise and fumes from the factory next door

    In 1981 the loft building was turned into live-work space for artists. The residents, organized as the Broome Street Artists Corporation, repeatedly told the city about a constant roar from exhaust fans and dry-cleaning fumes coming from the industrial building at Nos. 418-422, which shared their light well. After officials kept finding the neighboring businesses within the law, the co-op went to State Supreme Court and sought $10 million in damages; the case was eventually settled.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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