89 Grand Street

also 36 Greene Street | SoHo | built 1877

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

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1877
May 21
Rosalie Steinhardt has a five-story iron-fronted store built at Grand and Greene
Work began on May 21, 1877, on a store at the southeast corner of Grand and Greene Streets, finished that October 25. William Hume drew the plans, and George W. Dacunha handled the construction for owner Rosalie Steinhardt. The facade combines iron with brick and stone, rises five stories, and is three bays wide on Grand Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1877
The 1877 store at 89 Grand echoes neo-Grec design among a block of 1860s buildings
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Landmarks Commission researchers observed that six of the nine buildings on this block of Grand Street date from the 1860s, an unusually high share for the decade. The 1860s buildings lean toward a French Renaissance look. The 1877 store at No. 89 departs from them, echoing the neo-Grec mode.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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