King of Greene Street
72 Greene St., New York City, NY 10012
Subway
B,
D, F, M (Broadway/Lafayette St.);
6 (Spring St.);
R, W (Prince St.);
R, W (Canal St.)
Nicknamed the
King of Greene Street, it is one of the best examples of cast iron buildings. Built in 1873 in the French Renaissance style for the Gardner Colby Company and featuring Corinthian columns, it is considered one of Isaac F. Duckworth's masterpieces.
References
Kenneth T. Jackson, Lisa Keller, Nancy Flood.
The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition. Yale University Press, 2010. p. 212
Gerard R. Wolfe.
New York, a Guide to the Metropolis: Walking Tours of Architecture and History. McGraw-Hill, 1994, 2° ed. p. 188
The King of Greene Street (Daytonian in Manhattan)
THE GUIDE
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