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45 WEST 14 TH STREET In 1959, this 1875 rowhouse was purchased by the Painting Industry Funding Corporation, and converted into the office building for use by the International Union of Painters and Allied Traders. Located within two blocks of Union Square, a historic center of labor activity, protest and organization, this site was appropriate to serve the activities of the Union. Consecutively with the occupation of their new headquarters, the Union played a major role in the 1960s fight for legislation regarding labor and civil rights. 20 EAST 14 TH STREET Perhaps capitalizing on the prosperity of neighboring Baumann Brothers’ stores, 20 East 14 th Street erected its own cast-iron storefront in 1911. Though spare in detailing, it remains a good example of cast-iron’s small-scale applications, both on 14 th Street and in New York City. (Figure 30) 108 WEST 14TH STREET 108 West 14 th Street is a notable example of the typical conversions from residential rowhouses to commercial entities. The double-height cast iron storefront is simple but is also a good example of small residential conversions. (Figure 31) The Union commissioned William Conklin of the Mayer, Whittlesley, and Glass to adapt the existing structure in the modern context. The design of the new façade with the sunshades was inspired by the arches of the cast iron buildings in its neighborhood. This acknowledgement of historical influences in “modern” design was a radical departure from the historical design theory of the time. Furthermore, Conklin successfully incorporated the practical concerns and function requirements, such as the 29. 45 WEST 14 TH STREET. need to shade large areas of glass and convenient access for cleaning, into its design. Hence, this building is significant in that it is the remnant of the rowhouse development in the neighborhood in 1870s, and it represents the relationship with the history of the labor unions on the 14 th Street and the innovative design idea in early 1960s. (Figure 29) 30. 20 EAST 14 TH STREET. 31. 108 WEST 14 TH STREET. SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES: SEVENTH TO AVENUE TO UNIVERSITY PLACE 14
FIFTH AVENUE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS The speculative commercial buildings on the western corner 14 th Street and Fifth Avenue provide a strong visible boundary between East and West Fourteenth Street and illustrate the differing scale of the avenues and the cross street. The building on the south corner was designed by Buchman and Fox and was completed in 1907, while the building on the north corner was designed by Robert Maynicke and was completed in 1902. These buildings exemplify the incorporation of new technology into the preferred architectural styles of the period. (Figures 35 and 36) 32. THE VICTORIA. 33. WEDGEWOOD HOUSE. WHITE BRICK APTARTMENT BUILDINGS 14 th Street is home to a number of mid-century white-brick apartment buildings, notable for their monumental size (a result of the sale of large landholdings), their sleek modernist design, their use of modern materials (including white brick and aluminum), and, finally, their pretentious names, like the “The Victoria” and “Wedgewood House” (Figure 32 and 33) 33 WEST 14TH STREET The building is significant as part of the taxpayer properties created by the Van Beuren family on the northern side of 14 th Street. The family’s speculation activities on 14 th Street are recorded in the surviving taxpayers and these buildings reflect different periods of economic expansion and contraction on the street. (Figure 34) 35 AND 36. FIFTH AVENUE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 34. 33 WEST 14 TH STREET. SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES: SEVENTH TO AVENUE TO UNIVERSITY PLACE 15
Page 1 and 2: 14TH STREET AND UNION SQUARE PRESER
Page 3 and 4: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE As first-year
Page 5 and 6: its manufacturing use to the narrow
Page 7 and 8: SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES 1 4th Street
Page 9 and 10: NINTH TO SEVENTH AVENUES Surrounded
Page 11 and 12: LITTLE SPAIN 11. JEANNE D’ARC. 20
Page 13 and 14: SEVENTH AVENUE TO UNIVERSITY PLACE
Page 15: (FORMER) BAUMANN BROTHERS’ STORE
Page 19 and 20: (FORMER) TAMMANY HALL Tammany Hall
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Page 27 and 28: BALANCING PUBLIC & PRIVATE INTEREST
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Page 31 and 32: wide lots. Through its modern inter
Page 33 and 34: structure. This would not require t
Page 35 and 36: Materials Assessment and Proposals
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