832-834 Broadway

THE 832-834 BROADWAY BUILDING IS A 10-STORY RENAISSANCE REVIVAL-STYLE STORE-AND-LOFT BUILDING DESIGNED BY RALPH S. TOWNSEND IN 1896. WITH ITS ORNATE FACADE FEATURING ELABORATE TERRA-COTTA AND LIMESTONE DECORATION AND STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF BROADWAY SOUTH OF UNION SQUARE AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. EARLY TENANTS OF THE BUILDING WERE LARGELY RELATED TO THE GARMENT MANUFACTURING BUSINESS, AND IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY, 832-834 BROADWAY WAS OCCUPIED BY A NUMBER OF PUBLISHING COMPANIES INCLUDING THE WORKER'S LIBRARY, THE OFFICIAL PUBLISHER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE U.S.A. NOW AN APARTMENT BUILDING, IT WAS DESIGNATED A NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK IN 2019.

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION

2020

 

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