595 Broadway

also 168 Mercer Street | SoHo | built 1866

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1866

    James Pirsson completes a five-story factory and photographic workshop at 595 Broadway

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    The architect James Pirsson completed the five-story, three-bay building at 595 Broadway in 1866 as a factory and workshops that included a photographic establishment. Its facade was completely rebuilt in a 1919 alteration and is now brick. The building runs through the block to Mercer Street, where it is No. 168.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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