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Varick Street is named for Richard Varick, an early New York lawmaker and the mayor of New York City from 1789 to 1801, who owned property in the area. [1]In 1853, Heinrich Englehard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway) [2] founded the first American Steinway & Sons factory in a loft at the back of 85 Varick Street.
The Dominick, formerly the Trump SoHo, [3] [4] is a $450 million, 46-story, 391-unit hotel condominium located at 246 Spring Street at the corner of Varick Street in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was announced in 2006, completed in 2008 and renamed in 2017.
It was cleared during a construction project that widened Varick Street and also facilitated construction of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. City officials wanted to allow the portico to protrude into the widened street and vault the flanking pedestrian sidewalk under it because they recognized the steeple’s importance as a landmark ...
Trinity received permission from the city's Common Council to enclose the square – whose southern boundary had moved north to Beach Street – and begin development. [12] To attract buyers, in 1803 Trinity began building St. John's Chapel, designed by John McComb, on the Varick Street side of the square.
SOB's is a live world music venue and restaurant in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan.S.O.B.’s is an abbreviation of Sounds of Brazil. [1] [2] Larry Gold opened SOB's in June 1982 with the purpose of exposing the music of the Afro-Latino diaspora to as many people as possible.
Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 is a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, located at 14 North Moore Street at its intersection with Varick Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Its exterior has become famous for its appearance in the supernatural comedy franchise Ghostbusters.
The Jackie Robinson Museum is a museum and educational center on Varick Street in Manhattan that honors the legacy of Jackie Robinson.The museum, the city's first to primarily focus on the Civil Rights Movement, [1] opened in 2022 after more than fourteen years of planning and construction. [2]
The Charlton–King–Vandam Historic District is a small historic district in Lower Manhattan, New York City.Designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYCLPC) in 1966, the district contains "the city's largest concentration of row houses in the Federal style, as well as a significant concentration of Greek Revival houses."