48. John Street Building No. 170--176
A.K.A.: Hickson W. Field Building; Baker, Carver & Morrell Building
Location: 170-176 John Street
Built: 1840
Architect: Attributed to Town & Davis
National Register Number: 71000546
Listed: May 13, 1971
Visited: January 14, 15, and 28, and February 2, 2008
Additional Documentation: NYCLPC Report
It is not like the others, this former warehouse. Fronted with granite, not the red brick of its fellow Greek Revival neighbors and contemporaries, and so devoid of ornamentation the windows have no lintels (and barely anything in the way of sills), there is little here to distract the eye. This doesn't mean it's ugly or boring; rather, it is curiously modern without being modernist. Unfortunately its grey repose is too easy a fit with its surroundings. Move from South Street Seaport's main drag on Fulton Street to John Street, and the character of the neighborhood drastically changes, going from tourist-quick to parking-lot-dead in under a block.
Location: 170-176 John Street
Built: 1840
Architect: Attributed to Town & Davis
National Register Number: 71000546
Listed: May 13, 1971
Visited: January 14, 15, and 28, and February 2, 2008
Additional Documentation: NYCLPC Report
It is not like the others, this former warehouse. Fronted with granite, not the red brick of its fellow Greek Revival neighbors and contemporaries, and so devoid of ornamentation the windows have no lintels (and barely anything in the way of sills), there is little here to distract the eye. This doesn't mean it's ugly or boring; rather, it is curiously modern without being modernist. Unfortunately its grey repose is too easy a fit with its surroundings. Move from South Street Seaport's main drag on Fulton Street to John Street, and the character of the neighborhood drastically changes, going from tourist-quick to parking-lot-dead in under a block.
Labels: Financial District, South Street Seaport, South Street Seaport and Water Street Corridor
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