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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. 1837

    Attorney Samuel Alfred Foot completes a Duncan Phyfe-furnished house on the site of 678 Broadway

    Samuel Alfred Foot began building a 28-foot-wide house at 678 Broadway in 1836 and finished it the following year, complaining that the project consumed too much of his time. He and his second wife, Jane Campbell, had 14 children and filled the house with furniture made by Duncan Phyfe. Developer Thomas A. Davies demolished it in 1874 to put up a loft building.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1875

    D. & J. Jardine build a cast-iron store and warehouse at 678 Broadway for Thomas A. Davies

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    The five-story Renaissance Revival building was designed by D. & J. Jardine and built in 1874-75 for Thomas A. Davies. Banyer Clarkson (1854-1928), a descendant of Chief Justice John Jay four generations removed and a vice-president of the National Geographic Society, later owned it for a time. By the early twentieth century it held manufacturing lofts, as it still does.

    “…designed by D. & J. Jardine and constructed in 1874-75 for Thomas A. Davies ... owned for a time by Banyer Clarkson…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1917

    June 15

    A priest and a patrolman subdue two burglars who looted the Strauss & Co. store at 678 Broadway

    On the night of June 15, 1917, two Brooklyn burglars looted the Adolph Strauss & Co. import store on the ground floor of 678 Broadway. Father Philip McGrath, who had taught boxing at the Catholic Seamen's Mission, spotted them and alerted Patrolman Robert Murphy. The burglars turned on the two men, one with a hatchet and the other with a chisel, but both were caught, and The Sun called the fight the battle royal of Shinbone Alley.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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