93 Grand Street
SoHo | built 1869
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1869
John D. Wendel puts up a four-story iron-fronted store at 93 Grand
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Construction began on July 12, 1869, and ended on November 30, for John D. Wendel. J. B. Snook was the architect. The iron facade came from the J. L. Jackson Iron Works and is shared with the neighboring building at No. 91. It stands four stories tall and three bays wide, originally as a store.
- 1869
The pair at 91-93 Grand is Snook's first complete cast-iron facade
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The Landmarks Commission credits architect J. B. Snook with his first fully cast-iron facade at 91-93 Grand Street, completed in 1869. He used the iron to mimic large stone blocks. From then on, every nonvernacular commercial building he designed in the district had an iron front, and by 1876-77 he was using the metal in a lighter, more open manner at 446-450 Broadway.
“His first complete cast-iron facade was done in 1869 at 91-93 Grand Street; interestingly enough, he used iron to simulate large stone blocks.”
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