434 Broadway

also 38 Howard Street | SoHo | built 1896

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

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1895
April 6
Boehm and Coon begin a nine-story store building at Broadway and Howard Street
Work began on April 6, 1895 on 434-438 Broadway, at the northeast corner of Howard Street, for owners Abraham Boehm and Lewis Coon. Ralph S. Townsend was the architect. The nine-story building was completed on May 20, 1896, with Indiana limestone on the first two floors and brick and terra cotta above.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1896
The Howard Street side of 434 Broadway shows Beaux-Arts influence among older iron-front neighbors
On Howard Street the 1895-96 building at 434 Broadway stands next to two five-story buildings from 1868, each with an iron storefront and, above it, stone or marble. The Landmarks Preservation Commission uses the trio to show how French styles shaped New York commercial architecture. It describes the 1890s corner building as reflecting the influence of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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