736 Broadway

NoHo | built 1897

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

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1839
Sarah Jones moves into an earlier house on the site, beside her sisters
In 1839 Sarah Jones moved into 736 Broadway, an earlier building on this site, with her sisters Rebecca and Mary Mason Jones in the neighboring houses at 732 and 734. The land had belonged to John Jacob Astor since 1804. The three houses were joined inside, and their ballrooms could be thrown open together for large balls.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1897
Louis Korn's eleven-story steel-frame loft replaces the older Broadway lofts
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Louis Korn designed the building, completed in 1896-97 for Armand Johnson, when taller commercial structures were replacing the five- and six-story lofts along this part of Broadway. The 11-story steel-frame building has a three-story limestone base and a facade of limestone, brick and terra cotta. By 1910 clothing manufacturers filled the upper floors, with tailors on the first floor.
“In 1910 the building was occupied by various clothing manufacturers on the upper floors and tailors on the first floor.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2011
November
Thor Equities buys 736 Broadway for $11 million
In November 2011 Thor Equities bought 736 Broadway for $11 million. The firm, whose principal is Joseph Sitt, went on to buy the neighboring building at 734 Broadway in February 2015.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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