52 Walker Street

also 54 Walker Street | Tribeca | built 1859

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1859

   Builder Charles Sandford puts up a speculative Italianate loft at 52-54 Walker Street

   Charles Sandford built this five-story store and loft building in 1858-59 as a speculative venture, replacing two masonry buildings. The facade is about 55 and a half feet wide and has eight bays, with arched openings on pilasters over a cast-iron ground floor. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that its design is identical to that of No. 46 Walker Street.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1870

   February 9

   A woolens importer pays $50 for a detective's report on his own partner, and the seller is charged

   On February 9, 1870, Albert G. Hyde of A. G. Hyde & Company was summoned to the Society for the Suppression of Gambling. Its president, Rowland R. West, told him a partner, Joseph L. King, had been gambling. Hyde paid $50 for a private detective's report on King's nights out. West later faced a judge, on September 19, charged with taking money through false representations.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1884

   Thieves rob a hosiery dealer's store on Decoration Day while most local police are at the parade

   On Decoration Day 1884, now Memorial Day, burglars struck Benjamin L. Coffin's hosiery and notions business. Neighbors saw three men carrying out parcels and loading a wagon near Centre Street but assumed they were employees. Most of the district's police were at the Decoration Day Parade, and the thieves left with goods worth about $27,000 in today's money.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1895

   Detectives watching 22 employees of John McCann & Co. uncover a long-running theft ring

   In August 1895 Captain O'Brien of the Detective Bureau put two undercover detectives on the linen firm John McCann & Co., which was being robbed. Porter Thomas Dwyer carried bundles left for him by salesman Edward Lavin to the barbershop of Tony Nainoli at 246 West Broadway. Nainoli had been buying goods from the pair almost daily since fall 1892, and all three confessed.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

5. 2006

   The ground-floor shop becomes the M1-5 lounge

   In 2005 architect Cheri Caso opened the home-furnishings shop Ray20 here, selling items such as a Dutch carbon-fiber chair for $650. The ground-floor space became the M1-5 lounge in 2006, which was still a popular night spot when the blog entry was written. The upper floors had not been converted to apartments and still held factories.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The 1859 52-54 Walker StreetDaytonian in Manhattan

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