59 Crosby Street

SoHo | built 1909

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1909
Michael Briganti builds a five-story loft at 59 Crosby Street on the site of a small brick building
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Charles M. Straub designed the Renaissance Revival building, completed in 1909 for Michael Briganti. It replaced a small nineteenth-century brick building that had a stable at the rear, part of a wave of larger lofts replacing SoHo's remaining small houses. Its first story has been altered, but the upper facade remains intact.
“…designed by architect Charles M. Straub and built in 1909 for Michael Briganti…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1933
Paper-box, machine and appliance makers occupy 59 Crosby Street, later a rag warehouse
Tenants included a machine shop in 1926, the Manhattan Paper Box Co. in 1933, the Appliance Production Corp. in 1947 and a rag storage warehouse in 1961. By 2006 Poggesi, an Italian bed-linen shop, was a tenant, and the upper stories have since been converted to apartments.
“…a machine shop (1926); the Manhattan Paper Box Co. (1933); the Appliance Production Corp. (1947); a rag storage warehouse (1961); and Poggesi Italian Bed Linens (2006)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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