448 Greenwich Street

Tribeca | built 1909

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1. 1903

   R.E. Lunsford & Company roasts Violet Brand coffee in a converted house on the lot

   Before the present warehouse, a brick dwelling stood here that had been converted to commercial use. In 1903 R.E. Lunsford & Company was roasting its Violet Brand coffee there.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1909

   Harry Dean designs a 20-foot-wide warehouse for the Greenwich Investing Company

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   Harry Dean designed this six-story warehouse in 1909 for the Greenwich Investing Company, headed by its president Hyman Kantor. Reliable Warehouses leased it in the 1910s and the Independent Starch Company stored goods here around 1930. Faint painted signs survive on the side walls, one for a rice company and one showing a bottle.

   “…designed in 1909 by Harry Dean for the Greenwich Investing Company of which Hyman Kantor was president…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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