Schermerhorn Row, No. 8 Fulton Street

8 Fulton Street | also 89 South Street | Financial District | built 1980

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1850
The Fulton Ferry and market make the row a base for fruit wholesalers
The Fulton Ferry to Brooklyn opened at the foot of Fulton Street in 1814, and the Fulton Market opened across the street in 1816, which brought steady business to the row's tenants. By the 1850s the block was crowded with fruit wholesalers, and about a quarter of the city's fruit merchants worked at the Fulton Market. By the early 1850s half the block's merchants lived in Brooklyn and commuted by ferry.
Source: Wikipedia
1979
October
Many residents of Schermerhorn Row oppose the Seaport redevelopment plan
Artists began moving into the buildings in the 1970s and formed the Schermerhorn Row Artists and Residents Association, aiming to turn the block into a cultural hub. In October 1979 the Rouse Company, the state, the city and the museum tentatively agreed on a redevelopment plan. The block then had at least 100 residents, and many opposed the plan. The remaining residents were later allowed to stay.
Source: Wikipedia
1983
July 28
Schermerhorn Row reopens after a $10.3 million restoration
Between 1981 and 1983 the E. W. Howell Company restored the row to its 1812 appearance while archaeologists studied the block. By mid-1983 the cost had reached $10.3 million, and the Wall Street Journal reported at least four strikes. The row reopened on July 28, 1983, with 14 storefronts under the Rouse Company and 15 apartments leased by the museum; Sweet's Seafood House returned in 1984.
Source: Wikipedia

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