809 Washington Street

also 72 Gansevoort Street, 60 Gansevoort Street, 64 Gansevoort Street | West Village | built 1920

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1. 1881

   Builder John Glass Jr. puts up five tenements on Gansevoort Street, with grocers in the stores

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   John Glass Jr., whose family firm dating to 1847 also built the Adams Hotel on West Street and Siegel, Cooper & Co. stables on West 17th Street, put up five five-story tenements at 60-68 Gansevoort Street in 1880-81. City directories from 1889 to 1912 show numerous food businesses among the commercial tenants. The Glass family held the row until 1928.

   “…originally constructed in 1880-81 for and by builder John Glass, Jr. ... remained in the ownership of the Glass family until 1928.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1928

   A packing company's realty arm buys the Gansevoort Street tenements as a bet on the changing market district

   In 1928 Gansevoort Realties, Inc., a unit of the Kansas Packing Co., acquired the five tenements as a speculative investment. The firm was betting on changes in the market district, including the new Chelsea Piers on the Hudson and the expected New York Central elevated freight line. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank took the property in foreclosure in 1938, and in 1940 the tenements were cut down to two stories and joined as a market building with a metal canopy.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1949

   A trucking depot at 809-813 Washington Street becomes a six-unit meat market with cold storage

   Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank built a one-story freight trucking depot here in 1940-42, on the foundations of three tenements, with a wide opening for trucks on Gansevoort Street. Its first tenant was All States Freight, Inc., of Akron, Ohio. In 1949 the depot became a wholesale meat market with six units and cold storage, timed to the new Gansevoort Market Meat Center opening opposite, and a metal canopy followed in 1950.

   “All States Freight , Inc., of Akron, Ohio, was the initial tenant. In 1949, ... it was converted to a wholesale meat market building…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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