NOHO HISTORIC DISTRICT Designation Report NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission June 29, 1999 NOHO HISTORIC DISTRICT Designation Report Report prepared by Donald G. Presa Architects' Appendix by Virginia Kurshan Research Assistance by Gale Harris Editorial Assistance by Jay Shockley Photographs by Carl Forster Map by Brian Geller Research Department Mary Beth Betts, Director Ronda Wist, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Brian Hogg, Director of Preservation JENNIFER J. RAAB, Chairman PABLO E. VENOOECHEA, Vice-Chairman DEBORAH S. GARDNER SHERIDA E. PAULSEN JOAN GERNER THOMAS F. PIKE MEREDITH J. KANE JAN HIRD POKORNY CHRISTOPHER MOORE VICKI MATCH SUNA RICHARD M. OLCOTT Commissioners On the front cover: 668 to 682 Broadway in 1910. Both Sides of Broadway, 261. TABLE OF CONTENTS NOHO HISTORIC DISTRICT - BOUNDARIES 1 MAP 2 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING 3 SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 4 < THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOHO HISTORIC DISTRICT 5 BUILDING ENTRIES Astor Place, 1 to 25 (North side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 23 Astor Place, 2 to 20 (South side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 25 Bleecker Street, 54 to 58 (South side between Lafayette Street and Crosby Street) .... 28 Bleecker Street, 60 to 74 (South side between Crosby Street and Broadway) 31 Bleecker Street, 76 to 90 (South side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 31 Bleecker Street, 55 to 73 (North side between Lafayette Street and Broadway) 32 Bleecker Street, 75 to 89 (North side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 34 Bond Street, 1 to 13 (South side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 35 Bond Street, 2 to 12 (North side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 38 Broadway, 620 to 640 (East side between East Houston Street and Bleecker Street) ... 42 Broadway, 644 to 666 (East side between Bleecker Street and Bond Street) 52 Broadway, 668 to 682 (East side between Bond Street and Great Jones Street) 60 Broadway, 684 to 694 (East side between Great Jones Street and East 4th Street) 67 Broadway, 696 to 744 (East side between East 4th Street and Astor Place) 71 Broadway, 746 to 754 (East side between Astor Place and East 8th Street) 91 Broadway, 756 to 770 (East side between East 8th Street and East 9th Street [Wanamaker Place]) 93 Broadway, 611 to 641 (West side between West Houston Street and Bleecker Street) . 95 Broadway, 643 to 681 (West side between Bleecker Street and West 3rd Street) 103 Broadway, 683 to 697 (West side between West 3rd Street and West 4th Street) 110 Broadway, 699 to 713 (West side between West 4th Street and Washington Place) .... 114 Broadway, 715 to 727 (West side between Washington Place and Waverly Place) .... 116 Cooper Square, 16 to 62 (West side between East 4th Street and Astor Place) 117 Crosby Street, 149 to 167 (East side between East Houston Street and Bleecker Street) . 125 Crosby Street, 154 to 172 (West side between East Houston Street and Bleecker Street) . 125 East 4th Street, 1 to 19 (North side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 127 East 4th Street, 21 to 23 (Northeast corner of Lafayette Street) 129 East 4th Street, 2 to 20 (South side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 130 East 4th Street, 22 to 26 (Southeast corner of Lafayette Street) 130 East 8th Street, 108 to 146 (South side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 130 East 8th Street, 133 to 147 (North side between Broadway and Fourth Avenue) 131 East 9th Street [Wanamaker Place], 74 to 86 (South side between Broadway and Fourth Avenue) . 131 East Houston Street, 26 to 32 (North side between Crosby Street and Lafayette Street) . 131 Fourth Avenue, 42 to 58 (West side between East 8th Street and East 9th Street [Wanamaker Place]) 131 Great Jones Street, 1 to 11 (South side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 132 Great Jones Street, 2 to 10 (North side between Broadway and Lafayette Street) 136 Lafayette Street, 316 to 338 (West side between East Houston Street and Bleecker Street) 138 Lafayette Street, 340 to 354 (West side between Bleecker Street and Bond Street) .... 142 Lafayette Street, 358 to 372 (West side between Bond Street and Great Jones Street) . 143 Lafayette Street, 376 to 388 (West side between Great Jones Street and East 4th Street) . 145 Lafayette Street, 390 to 444 (West side between East 4th Street and Astor Place) 147 Lafayette Street, 454 to 456 (West side between Astor Place and East 8th Street) 153 Lafayette Street, 381 to 389 (East side between Great Jones Street and East 4th Street) . 153 Lafayette Street, 393 to 441 (East side between East 4th Street and Astor Place) 156 Mercer Street, 178 to 210 (East side between West Houston Street and Bleecker Street) . 167 Mercer Street, 212 to 246 (East side between Bleecker Street and West 3rd Street) .... 169 Mercer Street, 248 to 258 (East side between West 3rd Street and West 4th Street) ... 171 Mercer Street, 262 to 278 (East side between West 4th Street and Washington Place) . 173 Mercer Street, 282 to 288 (East side between Washington Place and Waverly Place) . 174 Wanamaker Place, 74 to 86 (South Side between Broadway and Fourth Avenue) See East 9th Street Washington Place, 1 to 5 (North side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 174 Washington Place, 2 to 6 (South side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 176 Waverly Place, 2 to 8 (South side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 177 West 3rd Street, 2 to 6 (South side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 177 West 3rd Street (North side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 178 West 4th Street, 1 to 11 (North side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 178 West 4th Street, 2 to 14 (South side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 178 West Houston Street, 2 to 18 (North side between Broadway and Mercer Street) 181 ARCHITECTS' APPENDIX 182 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION 229 BIBLIOGRAPHY 231 ILLUSTRATIONS After page 234 Landmarks Preservation Commission June 29, 1999, Designation List 308 LP-2039 NOHO HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The NoHo Historic District consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the northeast corner of West Houston Street and Mercer Street, extending northerly along the eastern curbline of Mercer Street, easterly along the southern curbline of Waverly Place, easterly across Broadway to a point at the eastern curbline of Broadway, northerly along the eastern curbline of Broadway, easterly along the southern curbline of East 9th Street (a/k/a Wanamaker Place), southerly along the western curbline of Fourth Avenue, westerly along the northern curbline of East 8th Street to a point on a line extending northerly from the western curbline of Lafayette Street, southerly along said line across East 8th Street, southerly along the western curbline of Lafayette Street to a point on a line extending westerly from the northern property line of 439-441 Lafayette Street, easterly along said line across Lafayette Street, easterly along the northern property line of 439-441 Lafayette Street, easterly along the northern property line of 56-62 Cooper Square, easterly to the western curbline of Cooper Square, southerly along the western curbline of Cooper Square, westerly along a line extending easterly from the southern property line of 16-26 Cooper Square, westerly along the southern property line of 16-26 Cooper Square, westerly across Stable Court (a/k/a Alley), southerly along part of the eastern property line of 403-407 Lafayette Street, westerly along part of the southern property line of 403-407 Lafayette Street, southerly along the eastern property lines of 401 Lafayette Street and 393-399 Lafayette Street (a/k/a 21-23 East 4th Street), southerly across East 4th Street, southerly along the eastern building line of 383-389 Lafayette Street (a/k/a 22-26 East 4th Street), southerly along the eastern property line of 381 Lafayette Street, westerly along the southern property line of 381 Lafayette Street, westerly across Lafayette Street to a point on the western curbline of Lafayette Street, southerly along the western curbline of Lafayette Street, westerly along the northern curbline of East Houston Street, westerly across Crosby Street to a point at the northwest corner of East Houston Street and Crosby Street, northerly along the western curbline of Crosby Street, westerly along a line extending easterly from the southern property line of 620 Broadway (a/k/a 154 Crosby Street), westerly along said property line, westerly to a point on the eastern curbline of Broadway, southerly along the eastern curbline of Broadway to a point at the northeast corner of East Houston Street and Broadway, westerly across Broadway, westerly along the northern curbline of West Houston Street to the point of beginning, Manhattan. l 10-14-1999 10:22AM FROM NYC-LPC 12124876776 P. 2 ^ v NOHO HISTORIC DISTRICT Designated June 29,1999 Landmarks Preservation Commission W. Houston St ~Tf TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On April 13, 1999, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the NoHo Historic District (Item No. 1). Twenty four people spoke in favor of the designation, including representatives of Council Member Kathryn E. Freed, State Senator Thomas K. Duane, State Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, the NoHo NY Business Improvement District, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, the Friends of NoHo Architecture, New York University, the Historic Districts Council, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, the Municipal Arts Society, and the Merchants House Museum. The owner of one property opposed its inclusion within the district's boundaries. The hearing was continued to May 4, 1999 (Item No. 3). Both hearings were duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of the law.