482 West Broadway
also 89 West Houston Street | SoHo | built 1830
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1830
Arnaut Brown may have built a dwelling at 482 West Broadway around 1829 to 1830
The Landmarks Preservation Commission says this five-story building may have started as a dwelling built by Arnaut Brown in 1829-30. It has been altered heavily since. Today it is a stucco-covered tenement-type building with a stripped facade.
“…may have originally been built as a dwelling by Arnaut Brown in 1829-30…”
- 1870
Laurens Street widening strips the original facade from 482 West Broadway in 1870
In 1870 the city widened Laurens Street, now West Broadway, to make room for an elevated train, and the work demolished all or part of buildings on its west side. The old building at No. 482 lost its original facade. Its roof cornice was later removed, and a new parapet was built in the mid-twentieth century.
“…removal of the original facade in 1870 when Laurens Street was widened (to accommodate the elevated train) by demolishing all or part of buildings…”
- 1957
Houston Street widening exposes the north wall of 482 West Broadway and brings in storefronts
The building next door was torn down for the widening of Houston Street between 1957 and 1963, which left the north facade of 482 West Broadway exposed. Windows and storefronts were then inserted into that wall. In the late twentieth century the window lintels were stripped and cement stucco was applied.
“…insertion of fenestration and storefronts when the neighboring building was demolished for the widening of Houston Street (1957-63)…”
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