45 Crosby 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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1896
A seven-story loft goes up at 45-47 Crosby Street, and its architect changes mid-construction
Edward Judson commissioned the building in 1895-96 from George H. Anderson, who filed the plans. Partway through, Thomas Graham took over as architect, possibly because of foundation and structural trouble on the site. The result mixes Renaissance Revival detail with Romanesque round-arched windows on the seventh floor.
“Thomas Graham took over as architect, possibly due to the many foundation and structural problems that were encountered during construction…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1974
The city seizes 45-47 Crosby Street for back taxes, then hands it to its artist tenants as a co-op
In 1974 New York City took title to the loft, then full of artists, because taxes had not been paid. Not long afterward the city handed the building to those artist tenants as a cooperative, and it is still a residential co-op. Earlier tenants had included the Swan Incandescent Electric Light Co. in 1897 and the Aaron Machinery Co., a tool firm, from 1950 to 1968.
“In 1974, the City of New York took title to the building, which was occupied at the time by tenant artists, for non-payment of taxes.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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