The Textile Building is a 14-story building at 66 Leonard Street and 239–245 Church Street in the

Tribeca Tribeca (), originally written as TriBeCa, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral) is bounded by Canal Stre ...

neighborhood of

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...

History

Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ...

in style, it was designed by

Henry J. Hardenbergh Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (February 6, 1847 – March 13, 1918) was an American architect, best known for his hotels and apartment buildings, and as a "master of a new building form — the skyscraper." Life and career Hardenbergh was born in ...

, and built in 1900–01 by George A. Fuller Co. for the Importer's Building Company. The 12-story building was converted from office space into 47 condominiums in 1999 by developer Yitzchak Tessler to designs by

Karl Fischer Karl Fischer may refer to: * Karl Fischer (chemist) (1901–1958), German originator of Karl Fischer titration * (1918–1963), Austrian politician * (1888–?), Austrian football coach: Pogoń Lwów, Legia Warsaw * Karl Fischer (leftist) (fl. 19 ...

and Alan Ritchie, at which time a duplex penthouse was added. The common areas were designed by Jay Valgora of the Walker Group/CNI.Staff (ndg
"Building: Textile Building"
''

StreetEasy Zillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American tech real-estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006, and was created by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia; Spencer Ra ...

''"66 Leonard Street"
New York City Geographic Information System The building is part of the Tribeca East Historic District, which was designated by the

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. The LPC is responsible for protecting New York City's architecturally, historically, and cu ...

on December 8, 1992.Breiner, David M. and Pickart, Margaret M. M. (December 8, 1992
"Tribeca East Historic District Designation Report"
pp.84-85.

The building was originally called the "Importer's Building" and typically contained the offices and showrooms of dry goods firms. It is decorated with mementos of the American textile industry. The building's facade is adorned with six representations of

Caduceus The caduceus (☤; ; la, cādūceus, from grc-gre, κηρύκειον "herald's wand, or staff") is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and consequently by Hermes Trismegistus in Greco-Egyptian mythology. The same staff was also ...

, a winged staff entwined by a pair of snakes. There are also eight

cartouche In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the fe ...

s. Chef

Jean-Georges Vongerichten Jean-Georges Vongerichten (; ; born in Alsace, France, on 16 March 1957) is a French chef.

bought an apartment in the building in April 2001 for $2.62 million, which he then sold in 2004 to

Hiromi Go , is a Japanese singer, part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. His real name is . In the 1970s, he was called the with Goro Noguchi and Hideki Saijo. He belonged to Johnny & Associates, but later left the agency. He also effectively becam ...

, a Japanese pop star, for approximately $3.25 million.

References

1901 establishments in New York City Commercial buildings completed in 1901 New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Renaissance Revival architecture in New York City Residential buildings completed in 1901 Residential buildings in Manhattan Tribeca {{Manhattan-struct-stub