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Loft Peeping: 260 West Broadway penthouse
The penthouse in the American Thread building -- built in 1896 for the wool exchange -- has an oak-paneled rotunda with a 25-foot domed ceiling and stained-glass oculus.
In the News: U.S. Marshals Sell Felon’s Tribeca Home
Plus: Diners who stare at their phones; new ferry route; developer accuses neighbor of extortion; Independence Plaza tax bill; Broadway condos; Jason Biggs's lot-line windows; man confesses grisly murder at Tribeca police station. / 3 comments
In the News: Tetsu Reviews
Plus: Broadway redevelopment site put on the market; the story of the loft with a Keith Haring mural; more thefts and a police officer was assaulted with mace; Rammellzee art exhibit. / 6 comments
Seen & Heard: Keith Haring Mural Loft Is Back on the Market
Plus: Two Hands dinner service update; quashing a Smith & Mills rumor; kitchen and furniture maker opening in Hudson Square; Related's handsome new rental building; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer.
Loft Peeping: American Thread Building Penthouse
The owners—"an art collector and his partner, a rancher turned fashion executive"—invited Architectural Digest over for martinis in the rotunda. / 1 comment
In the News: Ball Fields to Be Opened to Outsiders
Plus: Checking in with exiled Manhattan Sailing School; American Thread Building analysis; bagel sign. / 2 comments
In the News: Really Good Italian Sandwiches
Plus: When buildings howl; governors Island ferry might no longer be free; American Thread apartment with Keith Haring mural; a new reason to distrust the New York Post. / 4 comments
Real Estate Sales Report
Who’s buying where, from whom—and for how much. (Including Jason Biggs and someone who now owns a rotunda.) / 2 comments
In the News: Battery Park City Chief Resigns Abruptly
Plus: Box Kite Coffee end date; American Thread analysis; Independence Plaza recap; the scene at City Hall restaurant. / 4 comments
In the News: New Documentary Cinema
...in a cool old building. Plus: Penthouse with dome raises price; 22 Renwick listings; a 1660 map of Manhattan. / 1 comment
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From the August 1971 Issue of the Electric Railroaders' Association "Bulletin": "DRY DOCK, EAST BROADWAY & BATTERY RAILROAD COMPANY "The... — james / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
https://media.sciencephoto.com/image/c0228983/800wm/C0228983-Men_pulling_a_tram,_USA,_1872.jpg "Men pulling a tram. Historical illustration of men pulling a tram due to a lack of available horse caused... — James / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
Maybe DDC never read the Tribeca North Historic District Designation Report (by NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission). "[...] Around 1864 the... — James / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-40b1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 This is a photo of Hudson Street & Vestry Street around 1900. The view is looking northeast at 182-192... — James / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
This link shows a reprinting of "Route Map of Manhattan Streetcar Lines - 1920," which depicts the location of the... — James / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
Then there is this: "#BehindtheScenes with #NYTransitMuseum Registrar Nanci Velez as she works on an 1875 #horsecar model in the... — James / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry
To start, there are trolley tracks shown on Vestry Street in 1927 photographs located in the NYC Municipal Archives. I... — James / The construction update: Warren, Worth and Vestry