459 West Broadway

also 457 West Broadway, 461 West Broadway | SoHo | built 1889

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1. 1889

   March 18

   Amos Eno completes a brick loft building on South Fifth Avenue

   Real estate developer Amos Eno hired architect John H. Whitenach in 1888 to replace three older buildings at 95, 97 and 99 South Fifth Avenue, a street later renamed West Broadway. Construction began on July 6 and was completed on March 18, 1889. Whitenach blended Romanesque Revival and neo-Grec styles in buff brick with stone trim, and two cast-iron storefronts flanked the entrance to the upper floors.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1890

   May 13

   Press feeders at the Sterling Bindery walk out over a $2 raise

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   The Sterling Bindery was the first tenant, moving in from Centre Street in the spring of 1889. In spring 1890 five press feeders, paid $10 a week and belonging to the Franklin Association of Pressmen and Feeders, asked manager George R. Macey for $2 more. He said no, they struck on May 13 with a few other members, and Macey hired replacements, so the strikers lost their jobs and gained no raise.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1902

   August 8

   Julius Chein sues his partner and keeps making tin toys in the building until 1907

   The American Toy and Novelty Works, a maker of tin toys, worked here by 1901. In August 1902 its president, Julius Chein, sued his partner David Heyman, saying Heyman never supplied his agreed $4,000 investment. Chein won and reorganized the business as J. Chein & Co., which kept making tin toys in the building until it moved its manufacturing to a New Jersey factory in 1907.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1977

   Jordan Volpe Galleries and The Ballroom cabaret bring the art scene to the old loft

   As SoHo's art district spread, Jordan Volpe Galleries set up here in 1977, showing modern paintings and at least once vintage furniture. In 1979 The New York Times previewed its exhibition of writing desks, including two by Gustav Stickley. The Ballroom, a restaurant that doubled as a cabaret, was also in the building, and in March 1978 it staged By Strouse, a revue of songs by composer Charles Strouse.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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