520 West 22nd Street
Chelsea | built 1900
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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.
- 1866
William H. Smith completes twin carriage stables on West 22nd Street
Builder William H. Smith completes two brick stables at 518 and 520 West 22nd Street. They are Italianate mirror images of each other, with wide carriage bays set in arched openings topped by fanlights. No architect is named, so Smith may have designed them himself.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1895
The Bissell Carpet Cleaner company takes over a full floor
The Bissell Carpet Cleaner company occupies a full floor of the combined stable buildings. It employs between 25 and 35 cleaners, depending on the season, who renovate customers' carpets using a patented material.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1999
Comme des Garcons moves its boutique into the former stable
The Japanese fashion house Comme des Garcons moves its boutique from SoHo into No. 520 West 22nd Street. Art dealer Pat Hearn and the Morris-Healy gallery had already opened in the building by 1997.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- An Oil Well, Bissell Carpet Cleaners and Art -- Nos. 518-520 West 22nd StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
- Eclectic building entrances all over ManhattanEphemeral New York
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