430 Broome Street

also 39 1/2 Crosby Street | SoHo | built 1895

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  1. 1860

    Macoy & Sickels, Masonic publishers and regalia makers, move into the building's Masonic hall

    By 1852 the combined houses held a 600-seat meeting hall entered from Crosby Street, advertised as a Masonic Temple. In 1860 the publishers Macoy & Sickels moved in, printing Masonic books and diplomas and making regalia, swords and seals at their Universal Masonic Emporium. Daniel Sickels was Grand Secretary General of the Supreme Council 33 degrees.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1882

    August 19

    Burglars haul cloth out of a shop closed for the Sabbath in daylight while onlookers do nothing

    Clothing manufacturer Meyer Norden kept his shop shut on Saturdays. On August 19, 1882, thieves forced the hallway door and took silk, velvet and cloth worth $250. They loaded a light wagon in broad daylight, and the New York Times marveled that although people watched them carry the bolts downstairs, no one stepped in.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1893

    May 29

    A salesman tries to walk out of the clothing store wearing a stolen overcoat under his own clothes

    At Denis Shea's store, a peddler named Frank Raymond handed a $25 overcoat to salesman John Williams, who wrapped it around himself in the fitting closet and buttoned up. Shea thought the customer had put on weight very quickly and called in Detective Scully of the Tenth Precinct. Both men were held on $500 bail.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1894

    Julius Kastner remodels two old houses into a Queen Anne-touched brick loft

    Jesse Browne Jr. hired architect Julius Kastner in 1894 to modernize the two aged houses at the corner of Broome and Crosby. Kastner gave a Renaissance Revival brick front a Queen Anne treatment, with cast-iron storefront columns and a corner cartouche carrying the date. The building held garment makers for decades.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1903

    October

    Two brothers cable their father in Russia after a false rumor that their hometown was massacred

    Louis and Moris Amdur ran the clothing firm Amdur Brothers here. After the April 1903 pogrom that killed about 49 Jews, rumors reached New York that 300 had died in their home town of Mohilev. They cabled their father, who still lived there, and got a one-word reply, 'blogopoluzno', meaning all was well.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  6. 1921

    Stein Cosmetics, makers of theatrical makeup, settle in and stay into the 1960s

    In 1921 the Stein Cosmetics firm took the building after a chemical company moved out. It specialized in makeup for the theatrical trade and stayed for decades, into the 1960s. Garment and millinery firms, which had filled the loft since the 1890s, were by then moving elsewhere.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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