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In this Issue: Complicity in the Demolition of Properties on Park Place Debacle at 75 West Broadway: Who Should Tribecans Blame? AIA Historic Buildings Committee Vandalizes Tribeca Complicity in the Demolition of the Properties on Park Place Remember the Ground Zero Mosque at 45 Park Place that was heavily debated in 2010? Although the building is […]
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25 Nov '15
Looking north along West Broadway from Warren Street
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25 Nov '15
Drag the slider to compare before and after shots (this might load slowly and is probably best viewed with a browser on our website directly rather than looked at from inside an email) First up, the triangle house on Reade Street. Then, the NW corner of Thomas and West Broadway, looking north along West Broadway […]
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The before/after images shown below illustrate what can happen when our request for historic district expansion is ignored in Tribeca. Alas, these threatened buildings are in C6 zoning, which means a lot of height is theoretically possible. Meanwhile, enjoy our new interactive slider. You toggle it back and forth to show the before/after shots. Use your cursor […]
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02 Jul '15
Two Places in Tribeca: Before and After You can see the photos on your phone, but it might be more fun visually on your browser. Scroll down to see them. Meanwhile, here are some Tribeca Trust updates: If you just want to sign the petition, click here. To donate or become a friend, click here. To […]
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Here we have what used to stand at 50 and 52 Murray Street (south side). Fantastic, no? It was owned by Charles Ahrenfeldt and Son, the New York office of an importer of fine Limoges china. Ahrenfeldt operated out of here from the 1860’s until 1913, when other tenants took over these two matching buildings. […]
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Behold the beautiful Lawrence Building which once stood where Square Diner now sits. Magnificent, is it not? It was written up in “The American Architect and Building News” of Oct 4, 1884 on page 162. The review gushed over the “light-buff brick from Perth Amboy,” “the cornices, string-courses and spandrils” and the “window dressings of terra-cotta, […]
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03 Apr '14
Roe Corporation wants to remake Broadway between Warren and Chambers with the glass building in the middle of the photo above. It looks something like the Chipotle’s building between Chambers and Reade. Here is a photo of what the block used to look like. Pay attention to the two buildings on the left and compare […]
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The demolition of this bank building the SE corner of Chambers and West Broadway is one of the events that created the idea for Tribeca Trust. The building fit well into the unprotected part of Tribeca South Historic District. It was built around 1920. The black and white image of the bank building is from […]
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15 Mar '14The future of a wonderful fortress, the warehouse of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (the A&P) at the southern corner of Vestry and West Streets is in now in doubt. No demolition permit has yet been granted, but the real estate press is talking as if destruction as a real possibility. Have a […]
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