860 Broadway

also 27 East 17th Street, 34 East 18th Street | Flatiron | built 1884

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1. 1884

   Architect Detlef Lienau designs the building for the Daniel Parish estate

   Architect Detlef Lienau, an early practitioner of the French Second Empire style in America, designs the six-story neo-Grec commercial building at 860 Broadway for the Daniel Parish estate. Completed in 1884, the roughly 75,800-square-foot structure holds retail space on the ground floor with office suites above, drawing early tenants including the jewelers Dominick & Haff and, for several years, wholesaler Butler Brothers, whose name the building later took.

   Source: Wikipedia

2. 1925

   F.H. Dewey & Company modernizes the building's facade

   In 1925, F.H. Dewey & Company refaces the exterior of 860 Broadway, updating its look but stripping away much of Detlef Lienau's original neo-Grec detailing. The building continues in office and retail use for decades afterward.

   Source: Wikipedia

3. 1974

   August

   Andy Warhol moves the Factory and Interview magazine to 860 Broadway

   In August 1974 Andy Warhol moved his studio from the Decker Building to 860 Broadway, a former warehouse at Union Square. The new Factory had Art Deco furnishings and housed Interview magazine, whose interviews brought a steady stream of famous visitors. Warhol stayed until late 1984, when he moved to a former Con Edison substation on East 33rd Street.

   Source: Wikipedia

4. 1980

   February 28

   The Underground nightclub opens on the building's ground floor

   Nightclub owners Jay Levy and Maurice Brahms open the Underground at 860 Broadway on February 28, 1980. Music videos for Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" and Cameo's "Word Up!" are filmed at the club before it closes in 1989. Andy Warhol's Factory, which had occupied the building's third floor since 1974, moves out in 1984 while the club still operates downstairs.

   Source: Wikipedia

Further reading

• 860 BroadwayWikipedia
• Ghostly faded ads of old city businessesEphemeral New York

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