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476 1/2 Broadway | also 38 Crosby Street, 476 Broadway | SoHo | built 1903

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  1. 1871

    Richard Morris Hunt designs a Moorish-style cast-iron store on the site of 476 Broadway

    An earlier building stood here: in 1871-72 Richard Morris Hunt designed a cast-iron store at 476 Broadway, since demolished. Views from the period show Moorish touches in its arches and in the brackets under a projecting cornice. A description published in American Architect and Building News in July 1876 mentioned porcelain panels decorated with arabesques and column shafts wrapped in brass and nickel-plated drums.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1902

    April 16

    Developer Henry Corn starts an 11-story loft building from Robert Maynicke's plans

    Henry Corn bought 476 Broadway, a lot running through to 38 Crosby Street, in November 1901, planning to replace Hunt's thirty-year-old store. Robert Maynicke designed the new building, and work began on April 16, 1902. It was finished on February 28, 1903: eleven stories of beige brick over a three-story limestone base, with Beaux-Arts wreaths and terra-cotta window frames above.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1907

    January 30

    Silk merchant Henry Kleinberger of 476 Broadway is sworn onto the Harry Thaw murder jury

    Henry I. Kleinberger, an Austrian-born silk merchant whose firm was among the dry-goods tenants here, was sworn in as a juror for Harry Kendall Thaw's trial for shooting architect Stanford White. He was the only immigrant on the jury. The next day the judge excused him because of ill health, after his doctor warned the district attorney's office that serving could endanger him.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1975

    July

    John Fischer opens the Environ performance loft on the top floor

    Artist and musician John Fischer founded Environ in 1975 in a 5,000-square-foot space on the top floor, living in the rear with roommates Dan and Chris Brubeck, sons of Dave Brubeck. The loft hosted jazz and concert performances, the first in July 1975. The New York Times announced a saxophone concert by Michael Sell there for September 13, 1977.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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