Building: 25 Bleecker Street

25 Bleecker is part of the NoHo East Historic District. According to a report by the Landmarks Preservation Commission(dated June 23, 2003), the building was part of a row of brick Federal-style row houses that were constructed in the first decades of the 19th century for middle class New Yorkers who were moving uptown from lower Manhattan. Built in 1830, 25 Bleecker is one of a few of these structures that remain. As new construction was built later in the century, many of the row houses were converted to boarding houses or gave way to commercial use. Per the LPC, the building was occupied during much of the 1900s by a fur dealer and sewing machine factory. In 1984, the lower levels of the façade were rebuilt. The upper floors were spared probably because decades of large signage on the front of the building preserved the brick. The building is currently three floor-thru artist loft studios, with a lower level commercial space, and is zoned M1-5B.

Description provided by: Terry Naini