425 Broome Street

also 425A Broome Street, 39A Crosby Street, 39 Crosby Street | SoHo | built 1874

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  1. 1872

    Edward H. Kendall designs a cast-iron and brick loft building for the Bloodgood estate

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    The five-story neo-Grec building at 425-427 Broome Street, on the corner of Crosby Street, was designed by Edward H. Kendall for the estate of William Bloodgood. It went up in the early 1870s, while SoHo was turning from a residential district into a commercial one. Cast-iron sections stand at both ends of the Crosby Street front, with a brick middle section between them. Early tenants included L.B. Biasse & Co., importers of fancy goods, in 1875.

    “…designed by architect Edward H. Kendall and built in 1872 for the estate of William Bloodgood…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1987

    Galleries and studios move into the old loft building in the late 1980s and after

    By the late twentieth century the former store and loft building had become part of SoHo's art scene. The city's landmark report lists the Katzen Brown Gallery in 1987, the Currier Studio in 1992 and the Atlantic Gallery in 1996. In 2004 the Broome Corner Performance Space was operating here. Before that, a cabinet maker named Samuel Kleinman had been a tenant in 1939.

    “…the Katzen Brown Gallery (1987); the Currier Studio (1992); the Atlantic Gallery (1996); and the Broome Corner Performance Space (2004)…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 2007

    A sprout farm in the basement gives way as the building becomes condominiums

    Before it was converted to condominiums in 2007, the building at 425-427 Broome Street had a sprout farm operating in the basement and sub-basement. The landmarks commission notes that this kind of use was common in the part of SoHo that borders Chinatown. The conversion followed a history that ran from late nineteenth-century business use through small factories and warehouses to galleries and artists' studios.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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