75 Spring Street

also 75 Crosby Street | SoHo | built 1898

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

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1898
Ferdinand Mela puts up a nine-story brick loft building on Spring and Crosby Streets
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In 1898 Ferdinand Mela, who also acted as his own builder, commissioned architect Robert Lyons to design this Romanesque Revival store and loft building at 75-77 Spring Street. It rises nine stories in brick and terra cotta, with the top two floors set behind two-story Ionic columns. It was one of the big commercial buildings then filling the blocks west of Broadway, where dry-goods and manufacturing firms were replacing the old entertainment district.
“…designed by architect Robert Lyons and constructed in 1898 for Ferdinand Mela, who was also listed in the new building application as the builder…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1927
A label lithographer and a hardware-news publisher fill the building's floors
Tenants of 75 Spring Street changed with the city's trades. A belt and novelty maker was listed in 1907, the Perfect Finishing Co., a lithographer specializing in labels, occupied space from 1927 to 1933, and the Hardware News Publishing Office was there in 1954. Later occupants included a photo engraver (1962), the American Youth Hostels (1989) and the cookware retailer Sur La Table (2005-2010), while the upper floors became offices.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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