579 Broadway
also 581 Broadway, 152 Mercer Street, 150 Mercer Street | SoHo | 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.
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- 1859
Weed's Mourning Store closes out its stock as its building at 579 Broadway is torn down
A New York Herald advertisement of March 14, 1859, announced the closing sale of Weed's Mourning Store at 579 Broadway, which had to move because the building was to be demolished. The estate of Mrs. Astor Langdon planned a modern retail building to replace this earlier building and the one next door at 581. By August construction was well along, and the mason Peter Caviner died after falling 20 feet from a ladder.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1862
James L. Warner opens the New York branch of the London Stereoscopic Company
By 1862 James L. Warner ran the London Stereoscopic Company's New York branch at 579 Broadway, having moved it from 534 Broadway. In August 1863 he advertised a new shipment of stereoscopic views of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham, and one rosewood viewer was priced at $20. The company stayed in the building at least through 1869.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1873
A safe-maker at 581 Broadway is drawn into the Tweed corruption trial
By 1870 James McB. Davidson's safe company was at 581 Broadway, and that year he supplied New York County with safes on an invoice of $16,940, though the payment warrant was drawn for $49,479. When William M. Tweed was tried on corruption charges in 1873, Davidson was pulled into the investigation. Tweed's lawyer asked a witness whether Davidson also kept a drinking place at the address.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1905
Francis Bannerman moves his military-goods business out of 579 Broadway
On December 21, 1905, the New-York Tribune noted that Francis Bannerman, who bought obsolete military goods from the government in large lots, had been at 579 Broadway for many years. He was moving to his own building at 501 Broadway, where he planned a free military museum. The paper said it would hold George Washington's pistols, cannon used by the Rough Riders and flags and signals from Admiral Dewey's fleet.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1976
Appelby Studio puts dance on stage at 579 Broadway as apparel and hat firms give way
By 1976 theater and dance companies were replacing the apparel and hat firms in the building, and Appelby Studio, a dance venue, had opened at 579 Broadway. In his September 19 review in the New York Times, Don McDonagh judged a Friday-evening program by the company Mobius technically demanding but empty, and found a solo program there by Margie Gillis only slightly better.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
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