599 Broadway

also 1 West Houston Street, 172 Mercer Street | SoHo | built 1917

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  1. 1916

    November 4

    J. Odell Whitenack's 12-story commercial building at 599-601 Broadway nears completion

    In November 1916 the trade paper Record & Guide described the project at 599-601 Broadway as one of the most interesting of the year, then being completed. J. Odell Whitenack, a building contractor who often acted as his own architect, designed the 12-story commercial building and ran his business from a house on West 18th Street. The paper devoted nearly a full page to describing it.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1973

    Forrest Myers installs The Wall, 42 green aluminum bars, on the side of 599 Broadway

    Forrest Myers made The Wall in 1973 on a $2,000 commission from City Walls, Inc. The work consists of 42 aluminum bars fixed to steel braces and painted green against a periwinkle background. It covers about three quarters of the building's side wall and rises roughly eight stories, hiding the scars left when an adjoining building was sacrificed to widen Houston Street.

    “The Wall was built in 1973 by Forrest Myers under a $2,000 commission by the now defunct City Walls, Inc.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1981

    December 4

    A Russian New Wave exhibition opens at 599 Broadway with Gregory Perkel's 56 paintings

    The show ran from December 4, 1981 to February 7, 1982, organized by Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts together with the collector Norton Dodge. Ernst Neizvestny and Mihail Chemiakin were among the artists shown, alongside Oleg Tselkov and Igor Tulpanov. Gregory Perkel contributed an installation of 56 oil paintings titled Totems, Parts and Obsession, and John Russell reviewed the exhibition for The New York Times.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2007

    April

    A 2007 deal adds 30 feet to 599 Broadway so The Wall can be rehung higher

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    In 1997 the building's owners told the Landmarks Preservation Commission that the artwork was making the wall leak and causing structural damage. The commission allowed its removal in 2002 on condition that it go back up, and the city sued the owners in 2004 to make them restore it. A federal judge decided in 2005 that the city had no power to compel the owners to keep it up, and in April 2007 a deal added 30 feet to the building so the piece could be hung higher, above street-level advertising space.

    Source: Wikipedia

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