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A street in SoHo in New York City famous for its cast-iron facades. Spa Colonnade in Mariánské Lázně, 1889.Nearly every element is cast iron. Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences.
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Bogardus attached plaques to his cast-ironwork that read: "James Bogardus Originator & Patentee of Iron Buildings Pat' May 7, 1850." [6] He demonstrated the use of cast-iron in the construction of building facades, especially in New York City for the next two decades. He was based in New York, but also worked in Washington, DC, where three cast ...
Margot Gayle described cast-iron architecture as her "all-consuming passion." [ 5 ] In 1970 she founded the group the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture (FCIA) as part of the opposition to Robert Moses's plan to build an expressway through TriBeCa and SoHo. [ 4 ]
Gaynor frequently utilized cast-iron elements in his architecture, both in New York and San Francisco. His E. V. Haughwout Building in New York City, completed in 1857, was thought by preservationist Margot Gayle to be "The most celebrated of the cast-iron buildings still standing in New York City."