Tisch School of the Arts (721 Broadway)

721 Broadway | also 725 Broadway, 715 Broadway | NoHo | built 1896

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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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  1. 1894

    Lawyer Randolph Guggenheimer builds a store and office block on Broadway at Washington Place

    Randolph Guggenheimer, senior partner in the law firm Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall, had this block of stores and offices built in 1894-96. Robert Maynicke designed it and Isaac A. Hopper was the builder, at a time when earlier five- and six-story loft buildings in the area were giving way to taller commercial ones. Guggenheimer lived at 923 Fifth Avenue.

    “…constructed by builder Isaac A. Hopper in 1894-96 for Randolph Guggenheimer…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1896

    Robert Maynicke, who designed 715-727 Broadway, came up through George B. Post's office

    Robert Maynicke (1848-1913), who designed 715-727 Broadway, was born in Germany and studied at Cooper Union. By 1872-73 he worked for George B. Post, whose New York Times Building of 1888-89 he oversaw, and he stayed with Post until 1895. By 1905 he had joined Julius Franke in partnership, and the firm of Maynicke & Franke went on to design more than 100 large commercial structures in the city. He kept practicing until he died in 1913.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1910

    Clothing manufacturers occupy part of the office building, and its Broadway porticos shrink under a city order

    Although the Guggenheimer block was built as offices above the ground floor, by 1910 it was at least partly occupied by several clothing manufacturers. After 1910 the city demanded that sidewalk encroachments be removed, so the porticos on the Broadway front were reduced in size. Both changes appear in the landmarks commission's history of the building at 715-727 Broadway.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  4. 1965

    New York University acquires the former Guggenheimer building at 715-727 Broadway

    New York University acquired the building at 715-727 Broadway in 1965, according to the landmarks commission's survey of the NoHo Historic District. The commission notes that it is now used as classrooms and offices.

    “New York University acquired the building in 1965. It is currently used as classrooms and offices.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  5. 1982

    A gift from Laurence and Preston Robert Tisch pays for 721 Broadway and gives the arts school its name

    The Tisch brothers, Laurence A. and Preston Robert, gave NYU a gift in 1982 that paid for acquiring and renovating 721 Broadway, now home to most of the school's programs. NYU renamed its School of the Arts the Tisch School of the Arts to recognize them. The school had been founded in 1965, and dance remained at its original site at 111 Second Avenue.

    Source: tisch.nyu.edu

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