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New York
Architecture Images-Lower East Side
Appleton Century Croft Building |
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Stephen Decatur Hatch |
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1-5 Bond Street |
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1880 |
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Second Empire Baroque |
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Cast Iron Facade |
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Warehouse/Factory |
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This fine cast-iron building housed the
watchmaking company Robbins and Appleton, who liked it enough to rebuild
it after a fire in the late 1870's. Newly restored, the glass front of
this office building gazes northward, as the residential neighborhood
leaves and printing related business follow them to Lafayette Row.
1-5: A Second Empire classic from 1880. Robbins made watch cases and Appleton was a prominent publisher. The building now houses the Art Store. No. 5 was the site of Albert Gallatin’s home; Gallatin was Jefferson and Madison’s treasury secretary and the founder of NYU. |
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