logo CityLand
      • Home
      • About CityLand
      • CityLand Sponsors
      • Filings & Decisions
      • Commentary
      • Archive
      • Resources
      • CityLaw
      • Current Issue

    Nassau Street cast-iron building designated


    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation  •  Lower Manhattan
    06/15/2007   •    Leave a Comment

    Early cast-iron structure attributed to pioneer of the technique. At a vote attended by preservation advocate Margot Gayle, Landmarks unanimously designated 63 Nassau Street, an 1844 cast-iron building in lower Manhattan attributed to cast-iron pioneer James Bogardus, who was among the first to use cast iron in building facades.

    Renovations to 63 Nassau Street had stripped several details from the building, leaving a question as to Bogardus’s involvement and prompting the current owner’s claim at Landmarks’ public hearing that the building was a “knock off” of Bogardus’s techniques and not his original work. 3 CityLand 171 (Dec. 15, 2006).

    Opening the vote, Landmarks Chair Robert Tierney explained that the only way to decide the issue was to go to “the definitive source,” referring to Margot Gayle, who coauthored a monograph on Bogardus and is well known for her pivotal advocacy on behalf of preserving SoHo’s cast-iron buildings. With Gayle’s assistance, Landmarks’ staff concluded that Bogardus designed the building, making it one of only five remaining Bogardus buildings in the country and the only one in New York City to contain a medallion of Benjamin Franklin, a signature aspect of Bogardus buildings.

    Landmarks voted unanimously to approve, thanking Gayle and noting that she had just celebrated her 99th birthday.

    LPC: 63 Nassau Street Building, 63 Nassau Street (LP-2213) (May 15, 2007).

    Share this:

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email
    Tags : 63 Nassau Street, 63 Nassau Street Building
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission

    Comment on this article

    Click here to cancel reply.

    Subscribe To Free Alerts


    Follow Us on Social Media

    twitterfacebook

    Search

    Search by Category

      City Council
      CityLaw
      City Planning Commission
      Board of Standards & Appeals
      Landmarks Preservation Commission
      Economic Development Corporation
      Housing Preservation & Development
      Administrative Decisions
      Court Decisions
      Filings and Decisions
      CityLand Profiles

    Search by Date

    © 1997-2010 New York Law School | 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212.431.2100 | Privacy | Terms | Code of Conduct | DMCA | Policies