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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.
109 Prince Street at the corner of Greene Street – where it is #119 – in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is a historic cast-iron building. It was built in 1882-83 and was designed by Jarvis Morgan Slade in the French Renaissance style. The cast-iron facade was provided by the architectural iron works firm of Cheney & Hewlett.
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 ]
The building is listed as contributing to the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [7] In 2001 Beyhan Karahan and Associates completed a five-year project to restore the building's facade. [3] The firm also restored the bullet glass sidewalk and steps.
French Renaissance-style building; outstanding example of American hotel architecture; symbol of elegance; visible from much of lower Central Park; setting for Kay Thompson's popular Eloise series of children's books 75: Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims: Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
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Sources differ as to the architect, developer, and year of construction. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, in its 1973 report on the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, says the building, at 495 Broadway, was designed by Alfred Zucker for Augustus D. Juilliard and was completed in 1893.
The A. J. Dittenhofer Warehouse is a five-story cast-iron building at 427-429 Broadway [1] in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Thomas R. Jackson in 1870, [ 2 ] the building was converted to residential lofts in 2000 by the architect Joseph Pell Lombardi .