87 Chambers Street

also 69 Reade Street, 71 Reade Street | Tribeca | built 2015

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

  1. 1855

    Carpet merchant Alvin Higgins builds the paired stores at 87 and 89 Chambers Street

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    Alvin Higgins, a carpet wholesaler who speculated heavily in Tribeca real estate, put up the twin five-story store-and-loft buildings at 87 and 89 Chambers Street in 1855-56. He held a long lease on No. 89 from Trinity Church and rented the lot at No. 87 from St. George's Church. Their Italianate fronts, with arched windows, were nearly identical, and the buildings ran through the block to Reade Street.

    “Both buildings were constructed in 1855-56 for carpet wholesaler and real estate speculator Alvin Higgins…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1890

    H.L. Judd Co. knocks through between 87 and 89 Chambers and keeps its hardware stores there into the 1950s

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    By 1890 the H.L. Judd Company, a hardware wholesaler that had been a tenant at No. 87 since the 1880s, had taken over the whole building and begun renting part of No. 89. Openings were cut between the two stores that year, joining them inside. Judd stayed in the pair until the early 1950s, alongside other hardware wholesalers who had leased No. 87 in the 1880s.

    “By 1890 the company had taken over the whole building and portions of the adjacent building at 89 Chambers Street.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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