La MaMa Galleria

47 Great Jones Street | NoHo | built 1896

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  1. 1896

    Cleverdon & Putzel design a seven-story loft at 47 Great Jones Street for Bernhard Mayer of Weil & Mayer

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    The building was built in 1895-96 for Bernhard Mayer of the firm Weil & Mayer, to a design by Cleverdon & Putzel. Two-story paired columns and brick quoins that give way to a striated spandrel beneath the arched seventh-floor windows echo 20 Bond Street, another work by the firm.

    “…constructed in 1895-96 for owner Bernhard Mayer of the firm Weil & Mayer…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1929

    Needle makers, a brass foundry and engine dealers fill 47 Great Jones Street

    Directories show Brabant Needle Co. (1929-59) and Columbian Brass Foundry (1929-50) as long-term tenants. Engine and carburetor sales and service firms also appear, among them Holly Carburetor from 1935 to 1945, Chrysler Marine from 1935 to 1939 and Chris Craft Engine in 1950. From about 1950 to 1970 leather-goods makers, knitting mills, cap makers and a trucking company occupied the space.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1970

    La MaMa buys the decaying loft at 47 Great Jones Street for rehearsal space

    In 1970 La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club bought a seven-story loft building in poor condition at 47 Great Jones Street, paying with Ford Foundation money. The purchase gave the company extra rehearsal room beyond its home at 74A East 4th Street, which founder Ellen Stewart had bought the year before.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1977

    Pan Asian Repertory Theater, founded in 1977, is among the companies using La MaMa's building at 47 Great Jones

    The LPC report names the Pan Asian Repertory Theater, founded in 1977, among the theatrical companies that used the building for rehearsals and workshops. The seventh floor holds a residential condominium, while the rest remains theatrical studios and offices.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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