830 Broadway

THE 830 BROADWAY BUILDING IS AN 11-STORY RENAISSANCE REVIVAL-STYLE STORE-AND-LOFT BUILDING DESIGNED IN 1897 BY THE PROMINENT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF CLEVERDON & PUTZEL FOR BUILDER FERDINAND H. MELA. WITH ITS ELABORATELY ORNAMENTED FACADE, THE BUILDING IS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF BROADWAY SOUTH OF UNION SQUARE AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, WHEN HIGH-RISE MERCANTILE STRUCTURES WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS LIKE STEEL-FRAME CONSTRUCTION AND ELEVATORS. COMPLETED IN 1898, 830 BROADWAY WAS ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED BY SMALL MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE BUSINESSES LARGELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GARMENT INDUSTRY UNTIL THE MID-20TH CENTURY, AND IS NOW AN APARTMENT BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED A NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK IN 2019.

 

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION 2020

 

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