52 Lispenard Street

Tribeca | built 2016

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  1. 1868

    Trimmings merchant Joel E. Hyams has D. & J. Jardine design a five-story store at 52 Lispenard

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    Joel E. Hyams, who traded in trimmings and flowers as part of the firm Hyams & Bamberger, commissioned the Jardine firm to design this loft building in 1867-68. It replaced a two-story masonry building that insurance maps showed had been used for hazardous purposes. The Jardines also designed the firm's building at 458 Broome Street in SoHo.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1937

    After a fire, Harry and Frank Paul cut 52 Lispenard from five stories to two

    Following a fire, Harry and Frank Paul, who were jobbers and exporters dealing in general merchandise, owned the building and had the upper three floors removed in 1937. That left a two-story structure topped by a parapet. The storefront infill dates from that rebuilding, and a clothing store occupied the building during the mid-twentieth century.

    “Subsequent to a fire, Harry and Frank Paul, jobbers and exporters of general merchandise, had the upper three stories of No. 52 removed in 1937…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 2017

    A modern three-story addition to 52 Lispenard is completed in 2017 after years of Landmarks review

    In 2002 the owners wanted to demolish the little building and put up a five-story apartment house, but the Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected the plan. A later scheme by Studio JS2 to connect it with No. 54 and add two floors drew a harsh response from Commissioner Diana Chapin, who called it bland. A modern three-story addition that the commission accepted was finished in 2017.

    Source: tribecacitizen.com

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