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{{short description|Building in Manhattan, New York}} | |||
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{{Infobox NRHP | {{Infobox NRHP | ||
| name = Puck Building | | name = Puck Building | ||
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| image = Puck Building (51660567363).jpg | ||
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| alt = The Puck Building as seen from Houston Street in 2021 | ||
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| caption = Seen from ] (2021) | ||
| location = 295–309 ]<br />], New York City | |||
| coordinates = {{coord|40.7248|-73.9953|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=it}} | | coordinates = {{coord|40.7248|-73.9953|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=it}} | ||
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| built = |
| built = 1885–1886 | ||
| architect = ] |
| architect = ]; Herman Wagner (later expansion) | ||
| architecture = ] | | architecture = ] | ||
| added = July 21, 1983 | | added = July 21, 1983 | ||
| refnum = 83001740<ref |
| refnum = 83001740<ref>{{NRISref |refnum=83001740|2009a}}</ref> | ||
| designated_other1 = New York State Register of Historic Places | |||
| designated_other1_abbr = NYSRHP | |||
| designated_other1_date = June 13, 1983<ref name="Cultural Resource Information System">{{cite web |title=Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) |publisher=] |date=November 7, 2014 |url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| designated_other1_number = 06101.001564 | |||
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom | |||
| designated_other2_name = New York City Landmark | | designated_other2_name = New York City Landmark | ||
| designated_other2_date = April 12, 1983 | | designated_other2_date = April 12, 1983 | ||
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The '''Puck Building''' is a |
The '''Puck Building''' is a mixed-use building at 295–309 ] in the ] and ] neighborhoods of ] in ], United States. An example of the German ] style of ], the building was designed by ] and is composed of two sections: the original seven-story building to the north and a nine-story southern annex. The Lafayette Street ] of the ] was designed by Herman Wagner in a similar style to the original building. The Puck Building is a ] and is listed on the ]. | ||
The Puck Building occupies the block bounded by Lafayette, ], ], and Jersey streets. The facade is made of red brick and is divided vertically into ] of uniform width. The facade is also divided horizontally into several tiers of ], with wider arches at the top and narrower arches at the bottom. The sculptor ] created two sculptures of the ] character ] for the facade. The building is topped by a ] structure. The original interiors were arranged as ] offices, which largely remained intact in the late 20th century. There is retail space in the basement and first two stories; office and studio space on the intermediate stories; and six ]s on the highest stories. | |||
An example of the German ] style of ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SOH/SOH037.htm|title=New York Architecture Images- Puck Building|work=nyc-architecture.com|access-date=January 21, 2015}}</ref> the building was designed by ],<ref name=aia4 /> and was constructed in two parts. The north section was built in 1885–86, and the south addition in 1892–93.<ref name=aia4 /> The front of the building on Lafayette Street was relocated in 1899 when the street – then called Elm Place<ref>Friedman, Walter; and Opdycke, Sandra. "Puck" in {{cite enc-nyc|page=961}}</ref> – was widened, this was supervised by Herman Wagner.<ref name=aia4 /> The building was rehabilitated in 1983–84 and further renovated in 1995 by ].<ref name=aia4 /> The building sports two gilded statues by sculptor ] of ]'s character ], from '']'', one on the northeast corner at Houston and Mulberry, and one over the main entrance on Lafayette.<ref name=aia4>{{cite AIA4|page=87}}</ref> | |||
The building was the longtime home of '']'' magazine, a humor cartoon whose founders ] and ] acquired the site in 1885 with J. Ottmann. The original building was completed the following year, and the annex was built between 1892 and 1893. When Lafayette Street was extended through the neighborhood in the late 1890s, the western section of the building was demolished, and a new facade and entrance were built on Lafayette Street. ''Puck'' magazine went out of business in 1918, and the structure was used by printing firms over the next several decades. Paul Serra's family bought the Puck Building in 1978, and Serra and his partner ] converted it to commercial ]s, which were completed in 1983. A syndicate led by Harry Skydell bought the Puck Building in 1986 and renovated it further. ], a partner in the syndicate, took over the building in the 1990s. The lowest stories were converted to a store in 2011, and Kushner Properties added penthouse apartments there between 2011 and 2013. | |||
==History== | |||
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== Site == | |||
] statues of ]'s character ] can be found in several places around the building's exterior.]] | |||
The Puck Building is at 295–309 ],<ref name="aia4" /> in the ]<ref>{{cite news |last=Warshawer |first=Gabby |date=April 19, 2014 |title=Property – Open House: Nolita Increasingly Becomes a Name of Its Own |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304311204579507852450638532.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=A.18 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1517529780}} |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193746/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304311204579507852450638532 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ] neighborhoods of ] in ].<ref name="aia4" /><ref>{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=1}}</ref> It occupies an entire ] between Lafayette Street to the west, ] to the north, ] to the east, and Jersey Street to the south.<ref name="NYCL p. 6">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=6}}</ref> The ] is quadrilateral and measures around {{convert|23,397|ft2|0}}.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web |title=295 Lafayette Street, 10012 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/510/7502 |access-date=March 20, 2020 |publisher=] |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193747/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/510/7502#17.6/40.724527/-73.994471 |url-status=live }}</ref> Across the street to the southeast are ] and ].<ref name="aia4" /><ref name="ZoLa" /> In addition, an entrance to the ]'s ] is directly outside the building to the north.<ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bleecker St (6) |url=https://new.mta.info/document/2451 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829193923/https://new.mta.info/document/2451 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |publisher=]}}</ref> There are glass-and-iron ]s around the building;<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> the vaulted sidewalks on Mulberry Street have all been replaced, but those on Houston and Lafayette streets are largely intact.<ref name="NYCL p. 8">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=8}}</ref> | |||
The building was constructed as the printing facility of ] as a seven-story structure. A nine-story annex was added in 1892.<ref name=NYT1983/> | |||
Prior to the construction of the Puck Building, the site had been occupied by St. Catherine's Convent, which was built by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in 1848. The convent was located at 35 East Houston Street, and the adjacent House of Mercy was at 33 East Houston Street.<ref name="The New York Times 1885">{{cite web |date=February 16, 1885 |title=The Institution of Mercy Sold. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/02/16/archives/the-institution-of-mercy-sold.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193747/https://www.nytimes.com/1885/02/16/archives/the-institution-of-mercy-sold.html |url-status=live }}</ref> When the building was erected in the 1880s, it was at the southern end of Manhattan's printing district,<ref name="NYCL p. 4; NPS p. 6" /><ref name="Puck p. 23" /> which was centered around the ]. Furthermore, there were numerous publishers, printing firms, and publications headquartered in the neighborhood.<ref name="NYCL p. 4">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=4}}</ref> These firms had settled in the neighborhood in part because of their proximity to the ]'s freight terminal, which was several blocks south on ] between ] and Lafayette streets.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2362.pdf |title=Soho-Cast Iron Historic District Extension |last=Presa |first=Donald G. |date=May 11, 2010 |publisher=] |page=12 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512073452/https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2362.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
The building was the longtime home of '']'' magazine, which gave the building its name; Founded in ] in 1871, the magazine moved into the building in 1887 and remained there until it ceased publication in 1918.<ref>]. , '']'', November 2, 2014. Accessed May 9, 2016. "Puck, a humor magazine that was known for its cartoons of pointed political satire, was launched in St. Louis in 1871, but moved to New York a few years later to begin publishing out of the splendid steel-frame building in 1887.... ''Puck'' was a waning force by then. It went to black and white in 1916, died in 1918."</ref> | |||
At the time of the building's construction, Lafayette Street did not exist at the intersection with Houston Street.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 17, 1887 |title=Elm-street New and Old; a Whole City Favors the Proposed Improvement. Detailed Description of the Changes and Cost Entailed by a Plan Which Meets Urgent Needs. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1887/04/17/archives/elmstreet-new-and-old-a-whole-city-favors-the-proposed-improvement.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> What is now known as Lafayette Street was two separate streets: Lafayette Place to the north and Elm Street to the south.<ref name="Gray 2010">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=June 17, 2010 |title=Along Lafayette Street, Some Very Odd Lots |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/realestate/20scapes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209061457/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/realestate/20scapes.html |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Presa |first=Donald G. |date=June 29, 1999 |title=NoHo Historic District |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2039.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152032/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2039.pdf |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=February 2, 2021 |publisher=] |pages=17–18}}</ref> These two streets were connected between 1897<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hanly |first=Thomas B. |date=November 7, 1897 |title=Elm Street Past and Present |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/11/07/102545563.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504020500/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/11/07/102545563.pdf |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=32 |language=en-US }}</ref> and 1905.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 26, 1905 |title=Elm Street Off the Map |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/04/26/101412542.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504020500/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/04/26/101412542.pdf |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=1 |language=en-US }}</ref> Because of the construction of Lafayette Street, part of the original building has been demolished.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="The World 1897">{{Cite news |date=September 30, 1897 |title=Bracing Up the Puck Building |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-bracing-up-the-puck-building/156316586/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The World |pages=5 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163549/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-bracing-up-the-puck-building/156316586/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Before the original building was truncated, it carried an address of 31–39 East Houston Street.<ref name="The World 1897" /> | |||
A June 1887 fire caused significant damage, estimated as high as $30,000, including water damage to ''Puck'' magazine's editorial rooms.<ref>, '']'', June 26, 1887. Accessed May 9, 2016.</ref> A fire in November caused $50,000 in damage after a can of turpentine caught on fire inside a finishing room where workers were producing Christmas cards.<ref>Staff. , '']'', November 4, 1905. Accessed May 9, 2016.</ref> | |||
== Architecture == | |||
The building later housed numerous independent printing firms and related printing services such as typesetters and a printing ink company, Superior Printing Ink. The odor of printing ink permeated the building for many years. An office stationery company, S. Novick & Son, once occupied the second floor. Notable among that firm's salesmen was ], the former Assistant Secretary of State, who was brought down in a spy scandal in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=White |first=G. Edward |title=Alger Hiss's Campaign for Vindication (PDF) |date=November 17, 2010 |url=http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty/hein/whiteg/83bu_l_rev1_2003.pdf#page=77 |journal=Boston University Law Review |publisher=] |volume=83 |issue=64 |page=77 |access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> | |||
The Puck Building was designed by ]<ref name="aia4">{{cite AIA4|page=87}}</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 4; NPS p. 6">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|page=4}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=6}}</ref> and was built for '']'' magazine and the J. Ottmann Lithographing Company.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> It is designed in the ] style, with elements inspired by the German ] style.<ref>{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=5}}</ref> It was constructed in two parts: The north section was built in 1885–1986 and the south addition in 1892–1993.<ref name="aia4" /> The front of the building on Lafayette Street was relocated in 1899 when the street (then called Elm Place)<ref>Friedman, Walter; and Opdycke, Sandra. "Puck" in {{cite enc-nyc|page=961}}</ref> was widened. Herman Wagner was the architect for the renovated facade.<ref name="aia4" /> | |||
=== Facade === | |||
The Serra family bought the building in 1978 and allowed the building to empty out as tenants left over the years as their leases expired.<ref name=NYT1983/> A proposed 1981 conversion of the building eliminated the inclusion of residential space based on the economics of paying displaced commercial tenants a fee of $9 per square foot.<ref>Oser, Alan S. , '']'', November 25, 1981. Accessed May 9, 2016. "The Puck building was at first going to be a mixed-use building. But the higher costs of residential development, and the new loftlaw requirement that would have forced the sponsor to pay relocated commercial tenants $9 a square foot, have changed the economic balance, said Aaron Gelbwaks, the sponsor's attorney."</ref> The building reopened in April 1983 after an $8 million renovation and restoration project that created condominium spaces for businesses primarily related to the arts.<ref name=NYT1983>Gaiter, Dorothy J. , '']'', April 20, 1983. Accessed May 9, 2016. "The landmark Puck Building in SoHo that was once the largest in the world devoted to lithography and publishing will reopen today after three years of restoration as a condominium for arts and industry."</ref> | |||
The current Puck Building is composed of the original structure to the north, which dates from 1885, and the annex to the south, which dates from 1892.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> In both sections of the building, the western ] of the facade, along Lafayette Street, dates from 1898.<ref>{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|page=6}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=7}}</ref> The Lafayette Street elevation is stylistically similar to the original facades of both the original building and the annex.<ref name="NPS p. 7" /> The original building is seven stories high, while the annex is nine stories high.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|page=6}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=2}}</ref> The building's facade includes gilded statues of ]'s character ], from '']'';<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goncharoff |first=Katya |date=August 12, 1984 |title=The Glitter of Gold Gains in Facade and Lobby Decor: Some Say Owners Feel Gilding May Enhance Values |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/12/realestate/the-glitter-of-gold-gains-in-facade-and-lobby-door-some-owners.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331172644/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/12/realestate/the-glitter-of-gold-gains-in-facade-and-lobby-door-some-owners.html |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> the sculptor ] created two such statues for the building.<ref name="aia4" /><ref name="Niers 2013">{{Cite magazine |last=Niers |first=Gert |date=June–July 2013 |title=Das Puck-Gebäude: Auch Eine Deutsche Spur in New York |trans-title=The Puck Building: Another German Trace in New York |magazine=German Life |pages=52–54 |language=de |volume=20 |issue=1 |id={{ProQuest|1364732388}}}}</ref> | |||
Every elevation of the facade is divided vertically into ] of uniform width.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> The original building measures three bays wide (originally five bays<ref name="NYCL p. 4" />) on Houston Street to the north, six bays wide on Mulberry Street to the east, and four bays wide on Lafayette Street to the west.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> The southern annex is five bays wide on Mulberry Street and six bays wide on Lafayette Street.<ref name="NYCL p. 7">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=7}}</ref> The southern elevation on Jersey Street is clad in plain brick and has a small number of window openings with iron shutters.<ref>{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|page=8}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=3}}</ref> The bays are separated vertically by projecting brick ], which rise atop granite ]s. The rest of the facade is made of red brick, except for window frames and statues made of ], as well as entrance gates made of ].<ref name="NYCL pp. 6–7; NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|pages=6–7}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=2}}</ref> Some terracotta and sandstone is also used in the facade.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kanno-Youngs |first=Zolan |date=July 11, 2016 |title=Developers Turn to Materials of Old to Stand Out in Modern Era; Terra cotta makes a comeback in New York City |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/developers-turn-to-materials-of-old-to-stand-out-in-modern-era-1468197251 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page= |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1802677260}} |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193748/https://www.wsj.com/articles/developers-turn-to-materials-of-old-to-stand-out-in-modern-era-1468197251 |url-status=live }}</ref> All four corners of the building are ]ed, with small diagonal cutouts.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|page=7}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=2}}</ref> On Mulberry Street, there are two wrought-iron fire escapes, one each in the annex and the original building.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> | |||
On November 5, 1982, author and artist ] was raped and killed by security guard and serial rapist Joey Sanza in The Puck Building. Cha had gone there to meet her husband, photographer Richard Barnes, who was documenting the renovation of the building.<ref name="The Village Voice">{{cite web|url=http://www.robertatkins.net/beta/witness/artists/moves/tributes.html|work=Homicide, Homelessness & Winged Pigs|publisher=]|title=Tributes & Obituaries: Theresa Cha, Keith Haring & Barbara Lehmann|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref> Cha died a week after the publication of her book '']''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Yi Kang|first1=Hyun|last2=Kim|first2=Elaine H.|last3=Lowe|first3=Lisa|last4=Sunn Wong|first4=Shelley|title=Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha|date=1994|publisher=Third Women Press}}</ref> Sanza was convicted after five years and three trials.<ref name="The Village Voice"/> | |||
==== Lower stories ==== | |||
Owner ] sought approval from the ] to erect six penthouse apartments at the top of the red-brick building. After initially being turned down in October 2011, Kushner made two modifications and his plans were approved. The first of the six units closed in May 2014, selling for $28 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/nolita-little-italy/the-puck-penthouses-293-lafayette-street/review/56071 |title=The Puck Penthouses, 293 Lafayette Street |author=Horsley, Carter |website=City Realty}}</ref> | |||
] | |||
On the first two stories of the facade, there is one double-height arch in each bay.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> The piers between each bay are wider than on the upper stories, and there is a brownstone ] at the bottom of each pier, just above the granite pedestal.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> On the first story, most of the bays contain rectangular openings, which are divided vertically into groups of three.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> Some of the first-story openings contain storefront entrances instead of windows; these entrances are accessed by small ],<ref name="NYCL pp. 6–7; NPS p. 2" /> which are made of pieces of vaulted sidewalk.<ref name="NYCL p. 8" /> The second story is a semicircular ] window, which is divided vertically into three panes. A cast-iron ] separates the first- and second-story windows. The lunettes are surrounded by ]es with slightly projecting edges, and there is a horizontal ] made of ] above the second story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> | |||
The Puck Building's main entrance is on Lafayette Street, within the fifth-northernmost bay.<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /> This entrance is shaped like a ].<ref name="NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=2}}</ref> At the ground story of the archway are two rectangular doorways, which are separated by a cast-iron column and flanked by smaller cast-iron piers. In front of each doorway is an ornate ] wrought-iron arch with a set of wrought-iron gates. A transom bar runs above the doorways, and a statue of Puck stands atop the center of the transom bar. Above the transom bar is a lunette window.<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /> On either side of the entrance is a granite pedestal, above which are two stone columns and two pilasters, all in the ].<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> The columns and pilasters are all topped by capitals with wreath motifs.<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /> Above the columns is an ] bearing the words "Puck Building" in all-capital letters, with a ] below the center and a ] above it.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> | |||
==Tenants== | |||
In the 1980s, the Puck Building was the original home of '']''.<ref>Riley, Sam G.; and Selnow, Gary W. , p. 320. ], 1991. {{ISBN|9780313268403}}. Accessed May 8, 2016. "''Spy'' was originally housed in the Puck Building in Downtown Manhattan."</ref> Starting in 1986, the building housed the Manhattan Center of ].<ref>Kennedy, Shawn G. , '']'', August 20, 1986. Accessed May 8, 2016. "Pratt has taken the second floor and will move its Manhattan Center there from 160 Lexington Avenue."</ref> Pratt used the additional space for computer and technical labs for the ]. | |||
When the building was completed, ''Puck'' magazine described the structure as having round arches along both Houston and Mulberry streets, with a recessed wrought-iron entrance at the corner of these streets.<ref>{{harvnb|Puck|1887|ps=.|page=28}}</ref><ref name="NPS p. 6">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=6}}</ref> The entrance at the northeast corner of the building, at Houston and Mulberry streets, included a pair of doorways until 1899.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> This entrance has been replaced with a double-height brick column with a brownstone sphere.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> Above it is one of the Puck statues.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> which holds a mirror, pen, and book.<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /> The statue also included the inscription "What fools these mortals be",<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 26, 1922 |title=Aged Man Suicides While Puck Laughs |work=The Atlanta Constitution |page=22 |id={{ProQuest|498316818}}}}</ref> the phrase printed on ''Puck'' magazine covers;<ref name="NYCL p. 2" /> this inscription had been worn away by the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berger |first=Meyer |date=January 29, 1958 |title=About New York; Blimp to Press Hunt for Old Savannah Off Bellport – Piece Sought for Namesake Ship |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/29/archives/about-new-york-blimp-to-press-hunt-for-old-savannah-off-bellport.html |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163543/https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/29/archives/about-new-york-blimp-to-press-hunt-for-old-savannah-off-bellport.html |url-status=live}}</ref> When the building's entrance was located at this corner, the column stood in front of the entrance.<ref name="King 1892">{{cite book |last=King |first=Moses |url=https://archive.org/details/kingshandbookof00king/page/884/mode/2up |title=King's handbook of New York City |publisher=M. King |year=1892 |page=884 |oclc=7880859}}</ref> | |||
Since 2004, the building has been used by ] for the ] and the department of ].<ref>, ], June 21, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2016. "New York University and Kushner Companies announced that the University has signed a 15-year lease for three floors, comprising 75,000 square feet of contiguous space, in the historic Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood."</ref> | |||
==== Upper stories ==== | |||
The building contains both office and retail space as well as ballrooms for large events on both the top and ground floors. The Skylight Ballroom can accommodate 250 guests, while the Grand Ballroom can fit up to 1,000.<ref>, '']''. Accessed May 9, 2016. "This landmark Soho building boasts more than 14,000 square feet of event space. The high-ceilinged Grand Ballroom is vast—it can hold 1,000 guests—with white walls and columns, two chandeliers, and white curtains that can be parted to yield an incredible amount of natural light. The seventh-floor Skylight Ballroom seats up to 250 guests."</ref> | |||
] | |||
On the third to seventh stories, the piers are narrower than on the lower stories.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> The third and fourth stories comprise a second tier of ]. Within each bay, the third and fourth stories are composed of two double-height arches, each of which is half the width of the ground-level arches.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> The windows between the third and fourth stories are separated by patterned ] panels. Within each arched opening, there is a pair of ]s on either story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> Each pair of arches is separated vertically by a narrow brickwork pier with patterned ].<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> In addition, there are ]s and brownstone sills running horizontally above the fourth story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> | |||
The fifth through seventh stories of each bay comprise a third arcade. On these stories, each bay has three triple-height arches, which are each one-third of the width of the ground-level arches.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> Within each arched opening, there is a single sash window on each of the fifth through seventh stories.<ref name="NYCL pp. 6–7">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|pages=6–7}}</ref> As with the third-and-fourth-story windows, each arch is divided by narrow brickwork piers with patterned capitals.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> At the sixth story of the building's northeast corner, the chamfer has a massive console bracket, which originally served as the base of a flagpole.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /><ref name="King 1892" /> A patterned brick course, corbels, a brownstone sill, and a ] run horizontally above the seventh story of the original building.<ref name="NYCL pp. 6–7" /> | |||
The retail space was added when the building underwent a large-scale renovation beginning in October 2011. | |||
The annex rises another two stories; the eighth and ninth stories of the annex form a separate arcade.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> On these stories, each bay contains three double-height arches, which are the same width as the arches on the fifth through seventh stories. A cornice runs horizontally above the ninth floor, and each of the piers rises slightly above the level of the cornice.<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /> Both the original building and the annex were originally topped by a ]; this feature was removed from the original building by the late 20th century<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> but was restored in the 2010s.<ref name="Kusisto 2011">{{cite news |last1=Kusisto |first1=Laura |last2=De Avila |first2=Joseph |date=December 7, 2011 |title=City News: SoHo Landmark Posts Gains on Condo Plan |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204770404577082633712684206.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=A.25 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|908719084}} |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218160115/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204770404577082633712684206.html? |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In 2011, ] opened a {{convert|35000|sqft|adj=on}} store spanning the building's first three levels.<ref name=rei/> The renovation was designed by architects ] and includes an area that showcases the history of the Puck Building.<ref name=rei>{{cite news |last=Mao |first=Tien |date=December 2, 2011 |title=Photos: REI SoHo Opens Its Doors in the Puck Building |url=http://gothamist.com/2011/12/02/rei_soho_opens_its_doors_in_the_puc.php#photo-1 |newspaper=Gothamist |location=New York |access-date=May 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210194550/http://gothamist.com/2011/12/02/rei_soho_opens_its_doors_in_the_puc.php#photo-1 |archive-date=February 10, 2016 }}</ref> | |||
=== Interior === | |||
], the venture capital firm run by Charles Kushner's son and Jared Kushner's younger brother Josh, has its office in the building. Several portfolio companies in which Thrive is invested are also headquartered in the Puck Building, including Cadre and Oscar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kushner.com/project/puck/|title=The Puck Building|website=Kushner|access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref> | |||
The ceilings on the first floor are {{Convert|18|ft}} high, shrinking to {{Convert|10.5|ft}} on the upper stories.<ref name="Daniels 1983">{{cite web |last=Daniels |first=Lee A. |date=February 9, 1983 |title=Real Estate; New Status For Puck Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/09/business/real-estate-new-status-for-puck-building.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163431/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/09/business/real-estate-new-status-for-puck-building.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The interior's architectural features included a cast-iron elevator. cast-iron staircases, wooden wainscoting, and ] spaces with cast-iron columns. The columns were decorated with motifs such as ], ], ], and bands.<ref name="NPS p. 3" /> The original building to the north has a wood-beam and cast iron ], while the southern annex has a brick-] and cast iron superstructure.<ref name="Budin r154">{{cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=August 6, 2014 |title=Williamsburg Pharmacy Closes; How They Built the Puck PHs |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/8/6/10063646/williamsburg-pharmacy-closes-how-they-built-the-puck-phs |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923180443/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/8/6/10063646/williamsburg-pharmacy-closes-how-they-built-the-puck-phs |url-status=live }}</ref> The brick vault were strong enough to accommodate the weight of the building's ]es.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Candace |date=July 18, 2014 |title=Mansion – Elements: Things Are Looking Up at Home – Decorative Ceiling Treatments Highlight Height and Add Warmth Even to Modern Homes With Spare Architecture |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=M.1 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1545749283}}}}</ref> | |||
] | |||
The ground (first) floor was originally used by the J. Ottman firm, and it also included a stair leading to the ''Puck'' company offices on the upper stories.<ref name="Puck p. 23" /><ref name="NPS p. 6" /> On the upper floors were was a reception area, a library, an office, a workshop and reception room, and a set of artists' ]s. There was also a photographer's ] on the fifth floor.<ref name="Puck pp. 23–24" /> In addition, artists' sketches were reproduced in color in a transfer room on the sixth floor.<ref name="Puck pp. 23–24">{{harvnb|Puck|1887|ps=.|pages=23–24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Dennis |first1=Everette |last2=Allen |first2=Christopher |date=Spring 1979 |title="Puck", the Comic Weekly |magazine=Journalism History |page=17 |volume=6 |issue=1 |id={{ProQuest|1300125673}}}}</ref> The building had 24<ref>{{harvnb|Puck|1887|ps=.|page=26}}</ref> or 30 printing presses as well.<ref name="King 1892" /><ref name="Gaiter 1983" /><ref name="La Rosa 1983">{{Cite news |last=La Rosa |first=Paul |date=April 5, 1983 |title=Puck, last to be plucked |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-puck-last-to-be-plucked/156333038/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=181 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163431/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-puck-last-to-be-plucked/156333038/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After the original building was finished, ''King's Handbook of New York City'' characterized the building as being among the largest printing-plant structures in the world.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="King 1892" /> A ''Puck'' magazine supplement described the structure as being the largest printing plant near the Astor Library.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> | |||
==In popular culture== | |||
* An exterior shot of the Puck Building is seen in the American television ] '']'', as the building where the title character Grace Adler (played by ]) works.<ref>, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, September 30, 2011. Accessed May 8, 2016. "Let's start with Will & Grace. Where was Grace Adler Designs located? Why, in the Puck Building of course."</ref> | |||
* An exterior shot of the Puck Building was seen on the American television '']'' in the episode "]", when Elaine hosts a company party there.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} | |||
* In the 1989 film '']'', the building is the site of a big fight between Harry (]) and Sally (]) during the wedding of their best friends Marie (]) and Jess (]), as well as the site of a New Year's Eve party at the end of the film where Harry says that he loves Sally.<ref>Alleman, Richard. , p. 284. ], 2013. {{ISBN|9780804137782}}. Accessed May 9, 2016.</ref> | |||
* The final scene of the 1989 ] film '']'' was shot at the Puck Building, featuring both interior and exterior shots.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} | |||
* The Puck Building serves as the venue for a black-tie party in the 1991 ] novel '']''.<ref>] (1991) '']'' New York: Vintage. p.126 {{ISBN|0-679-73577-1}}</ref> | |||
* The music video of ]'s song "]" was filmed inside the Puck Building. The video was directed by ]. | |||
* ] recorded parts of their 2003 album '']'' in an empty penthouse in the building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brassland {{!}} Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |url=https://brassland.org/releases/sad-songs-for-dirty-lovers |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=brassland.org}}</ref> Two of the band's members, ] and ] worked in the building at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=6 Music Artist Collection – The National – The National: Their Albums In Their Words – BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001l16n |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> | |||
Most of the interior, including the open plan offices, remained intact in the late 20th century.<ref name="NPS p. 3">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=3}}</ref> A lobby for commercial tenants was added during the 1980s renovation.<ref name="Oser 1984">{{cite web |last=Oser |first=Alan S. |date=December 9, 1984 |title=Condominium Offices Getting Midtown Test |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/09/realestate/condominium-offices-getting-midtown-test.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163432/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/09/realestate/condominium-offices-getting-midtown-test.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On average, each of the modern-day building's floors covers about {{Convert|22000|ft2}}<ref name="Oser 1981" /> or {{Convert|24500|ft2}}.<ref name="Oser 1984" /> The building contains both office and retail space as well as ballrooms for large events on the ground and ninth floors. The Skylight Ballroom can accommodate 250 guests, while the Grand Ballroom can fit up to 1,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Puck Building |url=http://images.nymag.com/listings/attraction/Puck-Building/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=New York Magazine |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163432/http://images.nymag.com/listings/attraction/Puck-Building/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Large masonry walls, measuring {{Convert|2|ft}} thick, split the interiors into thirds.<ref name="Mosher 2005">{{Cite magazine |last=Mosher |first=Diana |date=Aug 2005 |title=History lesson |magazine=Contract |pages=94–98 |volume=47 |issue=8 |id={{ProQuest|223752426}}}}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
==== Penthouse apartments ==== | |||
At the top of the building are six ]s collectively known as the Puck Penthouses;<ref name="Morgan 2013">{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=Richard |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Property – Block Party: Mix on Lafayette Street Keeps Reaching Higher |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304014504579250263056667046.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=A.24 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1467622383}} |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193850/https://segment-data.zqtk.net/dowjones-d8s23j?url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304014504579250263056667046.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Finn 2013" /> they were designed by Jose Ramirez and Sherida E. Paulsen.<ref name="Finn 2013">{{cite web |last=Finn |first=Robin |date=September 19, 2013 |title=Penthouses for the Puck Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/realestate/penthouses-for-the-puck-building.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163432/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/realestate/penthouses-for-the-puck-building.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Alberts 2013">{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=September 20, 2013 |title=Details Unveiled for Long-Awaited $21–$60M Puck Penthouses |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/9/20/10195902/details-unveiled-for-long-awaited-21-60m-puck-penthouses |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228050530/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/9/20/10195902/details-unveiled-for-long-awaited-21-60m-puck-penthouses |url-status=live}}</ref> The apartments are accessed through their own entrance and are served by a ].<ref name="Samtani 2013">{{cite web |last=Samtani |first=Hiten |date=April 18, 2013 |title=Penthouses en route at Kushner Companies' Puck Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/04/18/penthouses-to-hit-the-market-at-kushner-companies-puck-building/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193748/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/04/18/penthouses-to-hit-the-market-at-kushner-companies-puck-building/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The penthouse lobby has an imported European cast-iron ], and the private elevator has a depiction of Puck. Each of the apartments is assigned a Roman-numeral apartment number (for example, penthouse VI).<ref name="Finn 2013" /> The penthouses range from {{convert|4895|to|7000|ft2}}.<ref name="Alberts 2013" /><ref name="Samtani 2013" /> Each penthouse has a separate layout; three of the penthouses have outdoor terraces, and two units occupy two levels.<ref name="Finn 2013" /> The largest unit is Penthouse I, which spans {{Convert|7,241|ft2}} and includes five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and {{Convert|5100|ft2}} of terraces.<ref name="Velsey 2022" /><ref name="Gannon 2021">{{cite web |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss buy Puck Building penthouse last listed for $42.5M |url=https://www.6sqft.com/joshua-kushner-and-karlie-kloss-buy-puck-building-penthouse/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=6sqft |postscript=none |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193748/https://www.6sqft.com/joshua-kushner-and-karlie-kloss-buy-puck-building-penthouse/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Joshua Kushner, Karlie Kloss to buy Puck penthouse |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/09/02/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-to-buy-puck-penthouse/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193748/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/09/02/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-to-buy-puck-penthouse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The Puck Penthouses retain the spaces' original large windows, cast-iron columns, and vaulted brick ceilings.<ref name="Morgan 2013" /><ref name="Alberts 2013" /><ref name="Samtani 2013" /> As built, the units were fully furnished.<ref name="Lassell p491">{{cite web |last=Lassell |first=Michael |date=February 12, 2014 |title=Design Advice From Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner |url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/tips/g774/design-solutions-urban-ingenuity/#slide-7 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=ELLE Decor |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194419/https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/tips/g774/design-solutions-urban-ingenuity/#slide-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> The apartments have custom stoves, window frames, door hinges, and other appliances,<ref name="Finn 2013" /><ref name="Morgan 2013" /> and the bathrooms are clad in ].<ref name="Finn 2013" /> In addition, the doors are made of nickel and glass,<ref name="Finn 2013" /><ref name="Alberts r324">{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=February 12, 2014 |title=Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump Detail Puck Penthouses' Reno |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/2/12/10144532/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-detail-puck-penthouses-reno |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194405/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/2/12/10144532/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-detail-puck-penthouses-reno |url-status=live }}</ref> materials that were selected specifically to give the penthouses an industrial ambiance.<ref name="Alberts r324" /> The ] is made of materials such as marble and nickel.<ref name="Morgan 2013" /> There are also electronic devices, such as hidden televisions in the bathroom mirrors.<ref name="Lassell p491" /><ref name="Alberts r324" /> One of the penthouses is within a ] structure,<ref name="Fung 2011" /><ref name="Amateau 2011" /> which has a steel frame and is structurally connected with the frames of the original structure and annex.<ref name="Budin r154" /> | |||
== History == | |||
=== Puck ownership === | |||
]'s character ] above the original entrance at the building's northwest corner]]The building was the longtime home of '']'' magazine, a humor cartoon.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haden-Guest |first=Anthony |date=July 12, 2017 |title=The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-magazine-that-madeand-unmadepoliticians |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=The Daily Beast |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828231220/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-magazine-that-madeand-unmadepoliticians |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYCL pp. 1–2; NPS p. 4">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|pages=1–2}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=4}}</ref> ] and ] had founded ''Puck'' as a German-language publication in 1876 and started publishing in English in 1877.<ref name="NYCL pp. 1–2; NPS p. 4" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Baumgartner |first=J.C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16jOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT254 |title=American Political Humor: Masters of Satire and Their Impact on U.S. Policy and Culture |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2019 |isbn=979-8-216-04663-9 |page=254 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194253/https://books.google.com/books?id=16jOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT254#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Puck'' magazine was originally situated near the Manhattan end of the ].<ref name="Puck p. 22">{{harvnb|Puck|1887|ps=.|page=22}}</ref> ''Puck'' and the J. Ottmann Lithographing Company, which printed out ''Puck'' cartoons, were situated on Warren Street in Manhattan's ] by 1880.<ref name="Puck p. 22" /><ref>{{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|pages=4–6}}</ref> The magazine's circulation had grown to 80,000 by then, and it needed a larger building.<ref name="NYCL p. 2">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=2}}</ref> | |||
==== Development and opening ==== | |||
In February 1885, Keppler, Schwarzmann, and J. Ottmann agreed to acquire the Institution of Mercy at the southwest corner of ] and ].<ref name="The New York Times 1885" /><ref name="r-7031138_001_00000189">{{cite magazine |date=February 14, 1885 |title=Out Among the Builders |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000189&no=1 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=163 |via=] |volume=35 |number=883 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163951/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000189&no=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> The sale was finalized the next month;<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref>{{cite news |date=March 31, 1885 |title=The Real Estate Market.: Recorded Real Estate Transfers. |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=7 |id={{ProQuest|94295792}}}}</ref> the three men paid $140,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=140000|start_year=1885|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) for the site.<ref name="The New York Times 1885" /> The men hired Albert Wagner to design a seven-story building, with two basements, on a site measuring {{Convert|117|ft}} along Houston Street and {{Convert|138|ft}} along Mulberry Street. As planned, the ground floor would contain stores, the second and third stories would be used as offices, and the upper stories would be used as a printing plant.<ref name="r-7031138_001_00000189" /> Demolition was underway by mid-1885.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 9, 1885 |title=Demolishing Old Buildings |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000507&no=4 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=523 |via=] |volume=35 |number=895 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163953/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000507&no=4 |url-status=live}}</ref> Keppler, Schwarzmann, and J. Ottmann borrowed $130,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=130000|start_year=1885|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) from the Franklin Savings Bank.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 11, 1885 |title=Projected Buildings |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000361&no=5 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=395 |via=] |volume=35 |number=891 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163953/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000361&no=5 |url-status=live}}</ref> The ] was the main construction contractor.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 28, 1900 |title=Supplement: The National Builder |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_026&page=ldpd_7031148_026_00000166&no=1 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=1 |via=] |volume=66 |number=1689 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163955/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_026&page=ldpd_7031148_026_00000166&no=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
The Puck Building was completed around 1886.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="Niers 2013" /> The original building was much wider along its northern end, at Houston Street, than along its southern end.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1890">{{cite news |date=June 19, 1890 |title=A Partial Route Selected: From the Bridge to Forty-second-st. Rapid-transit Commissioners to Ask the Legislature to Open a Way at Both Ends |work=New-York Tribune |page=1 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573574653}}}}</ref> At the time, it had {{Convert|231000|ft2}} of space.<ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> Originally, Ottmann's lithograph firm was located on the ground floor, while the ''Puck'' offices upstairs were accessed by a separate lobby.<ref name="Puck p. 23">{{harvnb|Puck|1887|ps=.|page=23}}</ref><ref name="NPS p. 6" /> Shortly after the building was finished, in June 1887, a fire caused up to $30,000 in damage to the upper floors ({{Inflation|index=US|value=30000|start_year=1887|r=-3|fmt=eq}}). There was also water damage to ''Puck'' magazine's editorial rooms when firefighters tried to put out the blaze.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 13, 1921 |title=Flames in the Puck Building. Chief Shay Angry Because the Law Was Violated—the Loss Not Heavy: Tobacco Warehouses Destroyed Freight House Burned at Ballston Spa Acquitted of the Charge of Arson Flames From an Exploded Oil Tank |work=New-York Tribune |page=A13 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573285694}} |postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=June 26, 1887 |title=Fire in the "Puck" Building.; Much Damage Done by the Water Thrown Upon It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1887/06/26/archives/fire-in-the-puck-building-much-damage-done-by-the-water-thrown-upon.html |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US |archive-date=November 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121215110/https://www.nytimes.com/1887/06/26/archives/fire-in-the-puck-building-much-damage-done-by-the-water-thrown-upon.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The building caught fire again in early 1888, although the blaze was extinguished before a large amount of flammable material in the basement could catch fire.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 2, 1888 |title=Destructive Fire in Buffalo: a Great Dry-goods Store Destroyed Other Buildings Damaged—loss a Million and a Half of Dollars |work=New-York Tribune |page=1 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573410650}}}}</ref> By the late 19th century, ''Puck'' employed 400 people at the building.<ref name="King 1892" /><ref name="Gaiter 1983" /><ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> | |||
==== Expansion ==== | |||
]The Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners, which was appointed in 1889 to plan a ] line,<ref>{{cite web |date=1979 |title=New York City Transit Facts & Figures: 1979 |url=http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/FILES_DOC/WAGNER_FILES/06.021.0058.060284.11.PDF#page=18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929135739/http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/FILES_DOC/WAGNER_FILES/06.021.0058.060284.11.PDF#page=18 |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |website=] |publisher=], ]}}</ref> announced a tentative route for the ] in June 1890.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1890a" /> Part of the Puck Building would need to be demolished because the line would be built underneath a new street running between Elm Street and Lafayette Place, and the building stood in the line's way.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1890a">{{cite news |date=June 17, 1890 |title=Under Houses and Streets: Rapid Transit Commissioners Favor an Underground Road They Have Practically Decided Upon a Route, but an Old Charter Casts a Shadow on Their Hopes—to Follow Madson-ave. |work=New-York Tribune |page=1 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573580304}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=January 28, 2023 |title=If the People Desire It; the Vanderbilts' Attitude Toward Rapid Transit. Mr. Depew Says New-york Central Will Fall in With the Scheme Backed by Public Sentiment. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1890/06/17/archives/if-the-people-desire-it-the-vanderbilts-attitude-toward-rapid.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163956/https://www.nytimes.com/1890/06/17/archives/if-the-people-desire-it-the-vanderbilts-attitude-toward-rapid.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The building would have to be reconfigured so that it had a facade along the new street.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1890" /> That August, Keppler, Schwarzmann, and Ottmann acquired the site at 281 Mulberry Street, directly south of the Puck Building.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="r-7031148_006_00000234">{{cite magazine |date=August 16, 1890 |title=The "Puck" Building to be Extended. |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_006&page=ldpd_7031148_006_00000234&no=2 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=212 |via=] |volume=46 |number=1170 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164111/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_006&page=ldpd_7031148_006_00000234&no=2 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, the irregularly-shaped site on Mulberry Street contained a three-story tenement, which Keppler and his partners planned to demolish and replace with an annex to the Puck Building.<ref name="r-7031148_006_00000234" /> Due to uncertainties over the subway line's construction, the annex's construction was delayed.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="r-7031148_006_00000234" /> | |||
B. B. Schneider sold Keppler and Schwarzmann the site on the northwest corner of Mulberry and Jersey streets in March 1892. This gave ''Puck''{{'s}} executives full control of the western side of Mulberry Street between Houston and Jersey streets.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 12, 1892 |title=South of 59th Street |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_009&page=ldpd_7031148_009_00000450&no=2 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=400 |via=] |volume=49 |number=1252 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003163957/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_009&page=ldpd_7031148_009_00000450&no=2 |url-status=live}}</ref> The same month, Thomas Weatherby sold four houses on the north side of Jersey Street, immediately west of Schneider's plot, to Keppler and Schwarzmann.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 19, 1892 |title=South of 59th Street |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_009&page=ldpd_7031148_009_00000487&no=1 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=435 |via=] |volume=49 |number=1253 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164112/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_009&page=ldpd_7031148_009_00000487&no=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> Wagner was rehired to design the annex,<ref name="NYCL p. 4; NPS p. 7">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|page=4}}; {{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=7}}</ref><ref name="r-7031148_009_00001010">{{cite magazine |date=June 11, 1892 |title=Buildings Projected |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_009&page=ldpd_7031148_009_00001010&no=5 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=942 |via=] |volume=49 |number=1265 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164500/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_009&page=ldpd_7031148_009_00001010&no=5 |url-status=live}}</ref> which was to rise nine stories.<ref name="r-7031148_009_00001010" /><ref name="The American Architect and Building News 1892">{{Cite magazine |date=April 30, 1892 |title=Building Intelligence.: (Reported for the American Architect and Building News.) Alterations. Apartment-houses. Churches. Factories. Houses. Office-buildings. Public Buildings. School-houses. Stables. Stores. Tenement-houses. Warehouses. Miscellaneous. |magazine=The American Architect and Building News |page=XVII |volume=36 |issue=853 |id={{ProQuest|124599599}}}}</ref> W. Arnott was hired as the stonemason for the annex,<ref name="r-7031148_009_00001010" /> which was planned to cost $365,000<ref name="The American Architect and Building News 1892" /> or $400,000.<ref name="r-7031148_009_00001010" /> Work on the annex began sometime in 1892;<ref name="NYCL p. 4; NPS p. 7" /> during the annex's construction, some workers went on strike.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1892 |title=From the World of Labor |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-world-from-the-world-of-labo/156138867/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |work=The Evening World |pages=5 |archive-date=September 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928013555/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-world-from-the-world-of-labo/156138867/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1893, the city government agreed to widen and extend Elm Street northward, which would require demolishing about one-third of the existing building;<ref>{{cite web |date=January 7, 1893 |title=A Great Project Passed; Elm Street to Be Made a Broad Thoroughfare |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1893/01/07/archives/a-great-project-passed-elm-street-to-be-made-a-broad-thoroughfare.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164501/https://www.nytimes.com/1893/01/07/archives/a-great-project-passed-elm-street-to-be-made-a-broad-thoroughfare.html |url-status=live}}</ref> several property owners, including Keppler, expressed objections to the street's extension.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 11, 1893 |title=Opposed to the Webster Bill: Property Owners in Elm-st, Brand It as Unjust, Arbitrary and Unconstitutional |work=New-York Tribune |page=2 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573751556}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=February 11, 1893 |title=Protest From Elm Street; Property Owners Oppose the Webster Bill. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1893/02/11/archives/protest-from-elm-street-property-owners-oppose-the-webster-bill.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164502/https://www.nytimes.com/1893/02/11/archives/protest-from-elm-street-property-owners-oppose-the-webster-bill.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The annex was ultimately completed in 1893.<ref name="Niers 2013" /><ref name="NYCL p. 4; NPS p. 7" /> That year, Keppler, Schwarzmann, and Ottmann borrowed $300,000 for the building from the ] ({{Inflation|index=US|value=300000|start_year=1893|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 22, 1893 |title=Mortgages |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_011&page=ldpd_7031148_011_00000696&no=4 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=628 |via=] |volume=51 |number=1310 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164624/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_011&page=ldpd_7031148_011_00000696&no=4 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==== Partial demolition and early 20th century ==== | |||
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Meanwhile, there were still plans to extend Elm Street north through Marion Street and Lafayette Place. In 1893, the city's Board of Street Opening and Improvement submitted plans for the project to the ] for approval.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 19, 1893 |title=Widening of Elm Street.; Plans and Maps Sent to the Board of Aldermen for Approval. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1893/08/19/archives/widening-of-elm-street-plans-and-maps-sent-to-the-board-of-aldermen.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164503/https://www.nytimes.com/1893/08/19/archives/widening-of-elm-street-plans-and-maps-sent-to-the-board-of-aldermen.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Though the building's owners were still opposed to the street's extension as late as December 1894,<ref>{{cite news |date=December 15, 1894 |title=The Elm-st. Widening. Objections of Certain Property-holders to the Proposed Improvement |work=New-York Tribune |page=9 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|573991426}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=December 15, 1894 |title=Mrs. Widmayer on the Stand; Thinks She is Mentally Competent Manage Her Property Her Granddaughter, Mrs. Hurtt, Brings the Proceedings to Have the Old Lady Declared to be Insane. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/15/archives/mrs-widmayer-on-the-stand-thinks-she-is-mentally-competent-manage.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164504/https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/15/archives/mrs-widmayer-on-the-stand-thinks-she-is-mentally-competent-manage.html |url-status=live}}</ref> they had come to support the proposal by the next year.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 6, 1895 |title=Will Widen Elm Street; Original Plan of Improvement to be Carried Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1895/07/06/archives/will-widen-elm-street-original-plan-of-improvement-to-be-carried.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164504/https://www.nytimes.com/1895/07/06/archives/will-widen-elm-street-original-plan-of-improvement-to-be-carried.html |url-status=live}}</ref> To make way for the section of Elm Street between Houston and Jersey streets, the city government decided to raze the building's westernmost section in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 12, 1897 |title=Elm-st. Landmarks Go: Making Way for the New Thoroughfare, Which is to Be a Second Broadway Signs of the Change a Forgotten Thoroughfare |work=New-York Tribune |page=B6 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|574347484}}}}</ref> A city commission was appointed to determine how much each property owner should be compensated. They determined that the owners of the Puck Building would receive $464,000 in compensation ({{Inflation|index=US|value=464000|start_year=1897|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite web |date=May 1, 1897 |title=Widening of Elm Street; Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Fix Damages to Property |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/05/01/archives/widening-of-elm-street-report-of-the-commissioners-appointed-to-fix.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164505/https://www.nytimes.com/1897/05/01/archives/widening-of-elm-street-report-of-the-commissioners-appointed-to-fix.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In September 1897, the Puck Publishing Corporation filed plans for $275,000 worth of alterations to the Puck Building ({{Inflation|index=US|value=275000|start_year=1897|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 11, 1897 |title=Broadway Property Sold |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-broadway-property-sold/156316925/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The World |pages=5 |postscript=none |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164506/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-broadway-property-sold/156316925/ |url-status=live}}; {{Cite magazine |date=September 22, 1897 |title=Office and Public Buildings |magazine=The Construction News |page=403 |volume=5 |issue=38 |id={{ProQuest|128384676}}}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 1897">{{cite news |date=September 11, 1897 |title=The Building Department: List of Plans Filed for New Structures and Alterations. |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=10 |id={{ProQuest|95512379}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |date=September 11, 1897 |title=Real Estate |work=New-York Tribune |page=9 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|574345755}}}}</ref> Wagner was again hired as the architect for these modifications,<ref name="The New York Times 1897" /><ref name="r-7031148_020_00000525">{{cite magazine |date=October 2, 1897 |title=Contracts Awarded |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_020&page=ldpd_7031148_020_00000525&no=1 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=459 |via=] |volume=60 |number=1542 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164628/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_020&page=ldpd_7031148_020_00000525&no=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Hanlon Brothers were hired to demolish part of the building.<ref name="The World 1897" /> P. & J. Schaeffler received the masonry contract; Grissler & Son was hired as the carpenter; and Baker, Smith & Co. was hired to reconfigure the building's steam-heating system.<ref name="r-7031148_020_00000525" /> After Wagner died in 1898, Herman Wagner and Richard Jahn took over responsibility for the design.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> The northern part of the facade, originally five bays wide, was truncated to three bays.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /><ref name="The World 1897" /> Heavy braces measuring {{Convert|60|ft}} long were used to temporarily shore up the northern and eastern elevations, and part of the remaining structure's facade on Houston Street was also demolished and rebuilt.<ref name="The World 1897" /> A new main entrance was built to the west on Elm Street (later Lafayette Street). replacing the original entrance at Houston and Mulberry streets,<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> and Henry Baerer designed a Puck statue above the new Elm Street entrance.<ref name="NPS p. 7">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1983|ps=.|page=7}}</ref> Materials salvaged from the building were reportedly reused in a four-story building at 163 Crosby Street.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 7, 1901 |title=Suspicious Fire Discovered |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-suspicious-fire-disco/156317393/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |pages=6 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164629/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-suspicious-fire-disco/156317393/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
The modifications to the Puck Building were completed in 1899,<ref name="NYCL p. 4; NPS p. 7" /> though Lafayette Street was not completed until 1905.<ref name="Gray 2010" /> After Keppler and Schwarzmann died in 1894 and 1904, respectively, their ] took over the respective stakes in the company (including the Puck Building).<ref>{{cite web |date=December 12, 1913 |title=Puck May Be Sold; Publishers of The Masses Negotiating for Comic Weekly. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/12/12/archives/puck-may-be-sold-publishers-of-the-masses-negotiating-for-comic.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003164512/https://www.nytimes.com/1913/12/12/archives/puck-may-be-sold-publishers-of-the-masses-negotiating-for-comic.html |url-status=live}}</ref> A fire in November 1905 caused $50,000 in damage ({{Inflation|index=US|value=50000|start_year=1905|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) after a can of turpentine caught on fire inside a finishing room where workers were producing Christmas cards.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 4, 1905 |title=Firemen Hard Pressed |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-firemen-hard-pressed/156317594/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=New-York Tribune |pages=1 |postscript=none |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194254/https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-firemen-hard-pressed/156317594/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |date=November 4, 1905 |title=Puck Building Blaze Follows Factory Fire; Croker's Men Kept Busy in the Downtown District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/11/04/archives/puck-building-blaze-follows-factory-fire-crokers-men-kept-busy-in.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725215516/https://www.nytimes.com/1905/11/04/archives/puck-building-blaze-follows-factory-fire-crokers-men-kept-busy-in.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, six people were severely injured in 1912 after one of the building's elevators fell seven stories.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 18, 1912 |title=Elevator Falls; Six Hurt.; Five Likely to Die – Puck Building Car Dropped 7 Stories. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/07/18/archives/elevator-falls-six-hurt-five-likely-to-die-puck-building-car.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194409/https://www.nytimes.com/1912/07/18/archives/elevator-falls-six-hurt-five-likely-to-die-puck-building-car.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Manhattan Ladies' Hat Company leased some space in the building in 1912,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 19, 1912 |title=Leases—Manhattan |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_050&page=ldpd_7031148_050_00000928&no=5 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=714 |via=] |volume=90 |number=2327 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194255/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_050&page=ldpd_7031148_050_00000928&no=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> followed by Teitelbaum & De Marinis the next year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 29, 1913 |title=Uptown Realty in Many Good Deals |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-uptown-realty-in-many-good-deals/156320835/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The Sun |pages=12 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165040/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-uptown-realty-in-many-good-deals/156320835/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Puck Building remained ''Puck'' magazine's headquarters until 1917, when ] took over the magazine.<ref name="New York Herald Tribune 1947">{{cite news |date=January 20, 1947 |title=Puck Building, Printing Center, Reported Sold: Lafayette Street Trade Landmark Bought by Investor . .. May Resell |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=28A |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1313570655}}}}</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 3">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|page=3}}</ref> ''Puck'' was discontinued in September of the following year.<ref name="NYCL p. 3" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Mott |first=F.L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zt1V-ISXFsoC&pg=PA532 |title=A History of American Magazines, Volume III: 1865–1885 |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=1938 |isbn=978-0-674-39552-7 |page=532 |issue=v. 3 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165041/https://books.google.com/books?id=zt1V-ISXFsoC&pg=PA532#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=== Mid-20th century === | |||
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After the discontinuation of ''Puck'' magazine, the building remained well-suited for firms in the printing industry, as its floor plates had been built to accommodate heavy ]es.<ref name="NPS p. 7" /> The building thus housed numerous independent printing firms and related printing services.<ref name="New York Herald Tribune 1947" /> Among the building's tenants were the Keller Printing Company in one of the building's lofts,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 15, 1916 |title=Recent Leases: Manhattan |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_057&page=ldpd_7031148_057_00000126&no=3 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=108 |via=] |volume=97 |number=2496 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165043/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_057&page=ldpd_7031148_057_00000126&no=3 |url-status=live}}</ref> the Paulus-Ullmann Printing Corporation on the fifth floor,<ref name="r-7031148_060_00001128">{{cite magazine |date=December 29, 1917 |title=Recent Leases: Manhattan |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_060&page=ldpd_7031148_060_00001128&no=2 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=853, 856 |via=] |volume=100 |number=2598 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165043/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_060&page=ldpd_7031148_060_00001128&no=2 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Paulus & Howell Press on the eighth floor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 8, 1917 |title=Midtown Leasing Active |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-midtown-leasing-active/156320012/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The Sun |pages=11 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165043/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-midtown-leasing-active/156320012/ |url-status=live}}</ref> All of the rentable space had been rented by the end of 1917, when Acme Steel Goods Company took the seventh floor.<ref name="r-7031148_060_00001128" /><ref>{{cite news |date=December 27, 1917 |title=Real Estate Field: Results at Auction. The Building Department. |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=20 |id={{ProQuest|99844694}}}}</ref> Other tenants in the late 1910s included the American Paper Mills,<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 14, 1919 |title=Realty Market News and Comment |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-realty-market-news-and-c/156320703/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=New York Herald |pages=15 |postscript=none |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165044/https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-realty-market-news-and-c/156320703/ |url-status=live}}; {{cite magazine |date=June 21, 1919 |title=Recent Leases |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_063&page=ldpd_7031148_063_00001196&no=1 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=834 |via=] |volume=103 |number=25}}</ref> clothing manufacturers Zeeman & Grossman,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 3, 1919 |title=Recent Leases |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_063&page=ldpd_7031148_063_00000981&no=6 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=593 |via=] |volume=103 |number=18 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165156/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_063&page=ldpd_7031148_063_00000981&no=6 |url-status=live}}</ref> Raymond Engineering Corporation, and a store operated by Olney & Warrin.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 13, 1919 |title=Recent Leases |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_064&page=ldpd_7031148_064_00000884&no=2 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |pages=358 |via=] |volume=104 |postscript=none |number=11 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165045/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_064&page=ldpd_7031148_064_00000884&no=2 |url-status=live}}; {{Cite news |date=September 10, 1919 |title=96 Broadway Sold by Vincent Astor |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-96-broadway-sold-by-vinc/156320338/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=New York Herald |pages=16 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165551/https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-96-broadway-sold-by-vinc/156320338/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
A ladies' hat manufacturers' association moved into the building in the 1920s,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 16, 1923 |title=Ladies' Hat Mfrs. Move To Lessen Returns Evil: Secretary Weitzner Announces Plans for Membership Campaign for United Association |magazine=Women's Wear |pages=21 |volume=26 |issue=89 |id={{ProQuest|1666256342}}}}</ref> and Comfort & Company, Inc., leased a large part of the building in 1935.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 29, 1935 |title=Metal Dealers Rent Space in Midtown Area: Reserve Office Quarters in 42d Street Building; Textile Studio Leases |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=36 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1243925994}} |postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=November 3, 1935 |title=Lease Loft Space |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-lease-loft-space/156325198/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |pages=49 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165552/https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-lease-loft-space/156325198/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The building's other tenants in the mid-20th century included the bookbinder J. C. Valentine Company (which moved out in 1931 after four decades there);<ref>{{cite web |date=September 11, 1931 |title=Bindery Rents Near Times Sq. After Forty Years Downtown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/09/11/archives/bindery-rents-near-times-sq-after-forty-years-downtown.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165553/https://www.nytimes.com/1931/09/11/archives/bindery-rents-near-times-sq-after-forty-years-downtown.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the printing company Lehmaier Press;<ref>{{cite web |date=June 8, 1934 |title=Louis A. Lehmaier, Master Printer, Dies; Active for 50 Years in Firm His Brother Founded—Leader in City Republican Affairs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/06/08/archives/louis-a-lihmaier-master-printer-dies-active-for-50-years-in-firm.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165554/https://www.nytimes.com/1934/06/08/archives/louis-a-lihmaier-master-printer-dies-active-for-50-years-in-firm.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the Parker-Wilson Printing Company;<ref>{{cite news |date=November 27, 1940 |title=Demand Grows For Loft Space In Trade Areas: Printing Shop Routs Floor in Lafayette St.; Many Units Leased on 5th Av. |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=41 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1263335997}}}}</ref> the printing company Costa & Aliani;<ref>{{cite web |date=April 18, 1942 |title=Song Pirating Barred; Court Rules Against Unauthorized Publication of Lyrics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/04/18/archives/song-pirating-barred-court-rules-against-unauthorized-publication.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165706/https://www.nytimes.com/1942/04/18/archives/song-pirating-barred-court-rules-against-unauthorized-publication.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Pioneer Scientific Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 19, 1950 |title=Lafayette St. Concern Moving to Great Neck |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/19/archives/lafayette-st-concern-moving-to-great-neck.html |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165556/https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/19/archives/lafayette-st-concern-moving-to-great-neck.html |url-status=live}}</ref> An office stationery company, S. Novick & Son, occupied the second floor; its salesmen included former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State ].<ref>{{cite journal |last=White |first=G. Edward |date=November 17, 2010 |title=Alger Hiss's Campaign for Vindication |url=http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty/hein/whiteg/83bu_l_rev1_2003.pdf#page=77 |journal=Boston University Law Review |publisher=HeinOnline |volume=83 |issue=64 |page=77 |access-date=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627173507/http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty/hein/whiteg/83bu_l_rev1_2003.pdf |archive-date=June 27, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, in 1937, the Puck statue above the main entrance was cleaned.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McIntyre |first=O. O. |date=December 30, 1937 |title=New York Day by Day |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-new-york-day-by-day/156328278/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=The Buffalo News |pages=15 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165708/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-new-york-day-by-day/156328278/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 1947, the Puck Building was sold to a client of David Rapaport;<ref name="New York Herald Tribune 1947" /><ref name="The New York Times 1947">{{cite news |date=January 20, 1947 |title=Buildings Bought in Downtown Area: Offices, Lofts and Houses Figure in Purchases in Lower Manhattan. |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=35 |id={{ProQuest|107860053}}}}</ref> this was the first time the building had changed ownership in half a century.<ref name="The New York Times 1947" /> By then, the building was cited as having {{Convert|210000|ft2}} of space, and it was valued at $490,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=490000|start_year=1947|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).<ref name="New York Herald Tribune 1947" /> Marlow Handbags moved its factory to the Puck Building in the next year.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 7, 1948 |title=Handbags: Marlow Moves Factory |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |page=17 |volume=76 |issue=90 |id={{ProQuest|1565295682}}}}</ref> By the 1950s and 1960s, the building also housed such tenants as the Empire Bookbinding Company,<ref>{{cite web |date=July 25, 1958 |title=Toy Concern Gets Fifth Ave. Space; Store in Building at 35th St. Once a Woolworth Unit – Other Lease Deals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/25/archives/toy-concern-gets-fifth-ave-space-store-in-building-at-35th-st-once.html |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128080038/http://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/25/archives/toy-concern-gets-fifth-ave-space-store-in-building-at-35th-st-once.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Prospect Press,<ref>{{cite web |date=September 15, 1961 |title=Nedick's Leases Beaver St. Space; Chain's 85th Establishment Will Be Its Largest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/15/archives/nedicks-leases-beaver-st-space-chains-85th-establishment-will-be.html |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003165557/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/15/archives/nedicks-leases-beaver-st-space-chains-85th-establishment-will-be.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Sample Service Corporation,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 8, 1960 |title=Design Technics Leases Building |work=New York Herald Tribune |page=36 |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1327079654}}}}</ref> and the garment-industry-ticket producer Keller Ticket Company.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 3, 1957 |title=Moves To New Plant |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |page=8 |volume=95 |issue=109 |id={{ProQuest|1523371498}}}}</ref> After ]'s ] was closed in 1965, part of the amusement park's fence was moved to the Puck Building.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farrell |first=Bill |date=October 28, 1987 |title=Red bat's still on the ball |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-red-bats-still-on-the-ball/156474681/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=461 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194409/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-red-bats-still-on-the-ball/156474681/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Serra and Gee ownership === | |||
Paul Serra's family bought the Puck Building in 1978; at the time, the building was fully occupied.<ref name="Gaiter 1983">{{Cite news |last=Gaiter |first=Dorothy J. |date=April 20, 1983 |title=Restored Puck Building Opens Today |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/20/nyregion/restored-puck-building-opens-today.html |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194257/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/20/nyregion/restored-puck-building-opens-today.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Serra and his partner ], who ran a company called Peter, Paul and Puck,<ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> began planning to renovate the building.<ref name="Gaiter 1983" /> The two largest tenants moved out of the building in 1980, and all but one of the other tenants moved out during the subsequent months. The Serra family bought out the last tenant's lease and proposed converting the building into a commercial condominium.<ref name="Daniels 1983" /> Initially, there were plans to add residential space, but this was canceled due to high costs, as the owners had to pay the displaced commercial tenants a fee of $9 per square foot.<ref name="Oser 1981">{{Cite news |last=Oser |first=Alan S. |date=November 25, 1981 |title=Real Estate; SoHo Loft For Use as Galleries |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/25/business/real-estate-soho-loft-for-use-as-galleries.html |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125125650/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/25/business/real-estate-soho-loft-for-use-as-galleries.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, Gee said "there are too many problems involved with the city and dealing with people's personal lives" when it came to residential tenancies.<ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> | |||
Serra and Gee converted the building to office and gallery space for graphic-arts firms.<ref name="Daniels 1983" /><ref name="La Rosa 1983" /><ref name="Halime 2016">{{cite web |last=Halime |first=Farah |date=April 1, 2016 |title=This month in real estate history |url=https://therealdeal.com/magazine/new-york-april-2016/this-month-in-real-estate-history-105/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194258/https://therealdeal.com/magazine/new-york-april-2016/this-month-in-real-estate-history-105/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Workers regilded the Puck statues, renovated the elevator cabs, added interior wainscoting, and installed new wiring and ] systems;<ref name="Daniels 1983" /> in addition, they preserved a much of the original interiors as they could.<ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> During the building's renovation, in 1982, the author and artist ] was raped and killed in the building by a security guard named Joey Sanza.<ref>{{cite web |last=Saltzstein |first=Dan |date=January 7, 2022 |title=Overlooked No More: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Artist and Author Who Explored Identity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/obituaries/theresa-hak-kyung-cha-overlooked.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530180508/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/obituaries/theresa-hak-kyung-cha-overlooked.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The renovation ultimately cost $14 million and mostly involved cosmetic changes.<ref name="McCain 1987">{{cite web |last=McCain |first=Mark |date=April 26, 1987 |title=Commercial Property: Redevelopment in Soho; Office Tenants Invading an Enclave of Eclecticism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/26/realestate/commercial-property-redevelopment-soho-office-tenants-invading-enclave.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170213/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/26/realestate/commercial-property-redevelopment-soho-office-tenants-invading-enclave.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The Puck Building's renovation helped spur the revitalization of Lafayette Street, which had been a frequent hangout for drug dealers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Helen |date=January 6, 1991 |title=Past Due |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-past-due/156488915/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=23, |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194901/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-past-due/156488915/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The Puck Building reopened in April 1983.<ref name="Gaiter 1983" /><ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> The reopening was celebrated with a temporary exhibit on the history of ''Puck'' magazine,<ref name="Andre 1983">{{Cite news |last=Andre |first=Mila |date=April 22, 1983 |title=The wit and wisdom that was Puck's |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-wit-and-wisdom-that-was-p/156332188/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=329 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170116/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-wit-and-wisdom-that-was-p/156332188/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1983 |title=Exhibit reopens Puck Building |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-exhibit-reopens-puck-bui/156317494/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The Daily Times |pages=30 |postscript=none |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170117/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-exhibit-reopens-puck-bui/156317494/ |url-status=live}}; {{cite web | title=Weekender Guide; Friday; Puck Era on Display | first=Eleanor | last=Blau | website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 | date=April 22, 1983 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/22/arts/weekender-guide-friday-puck-era-on-display.html | access-date=October 3, 2024 | archive-date=October 3, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170117/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/22/arts/weekender-guide-friday-puck-era-on-display.html | url-status=live}}</ref> which included artifacts from the building that were discovered during its renovation.<ref name="Andre 1983" /> Initially, the first two stories contained galleries, the midsection had offices, and the top stories had schools.<ref name="Daniels 1983" /><ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> One-third of the entire floor area was reserved for a design school operated by Gee,<ref name="Gaiter 1983" /> while the two men planned to sell the remaining space to designers, artists, and other tenants who wanted more than {{Convert|10000|ft2}}.<ref name="Halime 2016" /> The smallest condo spanned {{convert|4000|ft2}}, and the units were listed for sale at an average price of {{convert|125|$/ft2}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=DePalma |first=Anthony |date=October 19, 1983 |title=About Real Estate; Office Condominiums Start to Catch on in New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/19/business/about-real-estate-office-condominiums-start-to-catch-on-in-new-york.html |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=B.6 |id={{ProQuest|424793221}} |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194806/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/19/business/about-real-estate-office-condominiums-start-to-catch-on-in-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To attract tenants, Serra and Gee offered to split up existing condo units and install new floors, and they gave commercial tenants their own lobby.<ref name="Oser 1984" /> The structure also hosted events such as dinner parties and ].<ref>See, for example:{{Unbulleted list|{{cite web | title=Future Events Institutional Moves | website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 | date=April 14, 1985 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/14/style/future-events-institutional-moves.html | access-date=October 3, 2024 | archive-date=November 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127104143/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/14/style/future-events-institutional-moves.html | url-status=live}}|{{cite web | last=Dunlap | first=David W. | title=New York Day by Day; Black Tie and Gold Paint | website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 | date=November 4, 1985 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/04/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-black-tie-and-gold-paint.html | access-date=October 3, 2024 | archive-date=October 3, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170219/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/04/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-black-tie-and-gold-paint.html | url-status=live}}|{{cite web | title=Advertising; A Quiet Week's Busy Start | first=Philip H. | last=Doughtery | website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 | date=December 24, 1985 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/24/business/advertising-a-quiet-week-s-busy-start.html | access-date=October 3, 2024}}}}</ref> Three years after the renovation, none of the condos had been sold,<ref name="Newsday 1986">{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1986 |title=New Friends for Puck |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-new-friends-for-puck/156481390/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |pages=127 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194806/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-new-friends-for-puck/156481390/ |url-status=live }}</ref> prompting Serra and Gee to sell the Puck Building.<ref name="Kennedy 1986">{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Shawn G. |date=August 20, 1986 |title=Real Estate; A New Use For Puck Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/20/business/real-estate-a-new-use-for-puck-building.html?searchResultPosition=6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170118/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/20/business/real-estate-a-new-use-for-puck-building.html?searchResultPosition=6 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Halime 2016" /> | |||
=== Skydell and Kushner ownership === | |||
==== 1980s to 2000s ==== | |||
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In 1986, a syndicate led by Harry Skydell paid $19 million for the building.<ref name="Kennedy 1986" /><ref name="Tahaney 1998">{{cite news |last=Tahaney |first=Ed |date=August 30, 1998 |title=Then & Now the Puck Building |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |page=14 |id={{ProQuest|313613322}}}}</ref> Skydell's partners in the syndicate included ], ], and ],<ref name="Kennedy 1986" /> and Skydell's firm Hudson Park Management took over the building's operation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Shawn G. |date=July 16, 1986 |title=Real Estate; Waterfront Offices in Brooklyn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/16/business/real-estate-waterfront-offices-in-brooklyn.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524190857/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/16/business/real-estate-waterfront-offices-in-brooklyn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Skydell and his partners spent another $9 million on the building,<ref name="Tahaney 1998" /> which included new elevators and mechanical systems.<ref name="Kennedy 1986" /><ref name="Daily News 1986">{{Cite news |date=September 21, 1986 |title=Realty Notes |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-realty-notes/156474733/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=867 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170119/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-realty-notes/156474733/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Sonneblick-Goldman Corporation borrowed $26.3 million to pay for the building's renovation and purchase.<ref name="Daily News 1986" /> | |||
After the second renovation, the Puck Building was nearly fully occupied.<ref name="McCain 1987" /> The building was the original home of '']'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Riley |first1=Sam G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb_1YI0zSxIC&pg=PA302 |title=Regional Interest Magazines of the United States |last2=Selnow |first2=Gary W. |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-313-26840-3 |series=Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers |page=302 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194808/https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb_1YI0zSxIC&pg=PA302 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Colford |first=Paul D. |date=March 14, 1986 |title=Magazines Take Manhattan |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |page=2 |id={{ProQuest|285297261}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Doughtery |first=Philip H. |date=June 27, 1986 |title=Advertising; Spy, a New Magazine For the City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/27/business/advertising-spy-a-new-magazine-for-the-city.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> whose founders, ] and ], had specifically wanted to establish a magazine in the former ''Puck'' headquarters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Polk |first=Karen |date=November 27, 1986 |title=New magazine gives New Yorkers a sharp, satirical sting |work= Boston Globe |page=A34 |id={{ProQuest|1955145481}}}}</ref> The ] opened its Manhattan Center campus on the building's second floor in 1986,<ref name="Kennedy 1986" /><ref name="Farrell 1986">{{Cite news |last=Farrell |first=Bill |date=May 23, 1986 |title=Pratt stretching its canvas again |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-pratt-stretching-its-canvas-a/156485327/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=184 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194910/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-pratt-stretching-its-canvas-a/156485327/ |url-status=live }}</ref> relocating several of its graphics and illustration departments there.<ref name="Farrell 1986" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Michals |first=Debra |date=October 26, 1987 |title=Best Of New York: Pratt's Fashion Program Small But Select |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |pages=74–75 |volume= |issue= |id={{ProQuest|1445568414}}}}</ref> In addition, the New York City government rented four floors, three of which were occupied by the ] and ];<ref name="Newsday 1986" /><ref name="Slatin 1994">{{cite web |last=Slatin |first=Peter |date=September 21, 1994 |title=Real Estate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/21/business/real-estate.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194923/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/21/business/real-estate.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the city's ] also had offices in the Puck Building,<ref>{{cite web |date=September 25, 1987 |title=Police Board Plans a Move |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/25/nyregion/police-board-plans-a-move.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194924/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/25/nyregion/police-board-plans-a-move.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The '']'' magazine moved into the building as well.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gourse |first=Leslie |date=September 22, 1996 |title=Autumn Journeys: New York; Manhattan's Hip New Strip; Boutiques, Bargains and Attitude on Lower Broadway |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=13 |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|293379321}}}}</ref> The Puck Building's ballroom became a popular venue for fashion shows,<ref>{{cite news |last=Buck |first=Genevieve |date=April 9, 1989 |title=New York's fashion world heats up with 58 bids for fall fame |work=Chicago Tribune |page=6 |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|282540094}} |postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |last=Reyes |first=Sonia |date=March 22, 1996 |title=Bryant loss is their gain |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-bryant-loss-is-their-gain/156494221/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=671 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200142/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-bryant-loss-is-their-gain/156494221/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in part due to the ballroom's relatively low rental rates and plain architectural design.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rosenblum |first=Anne |date=February 15, 1989 |title=In The Markets: Puck Gets A Play As Alternative Show Site |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |pages=12–13 |volume=157 |issue=32 |id={{ProQuest|1445726889}}}}</ref> Other events hosted in the building during the late 20th and early 21st centuries included the ]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brathwaite |first=Kwame |date=February 28, 2001 |title=Black Art Flourishes in "New Melanian" |magazine=Everybody's |page=4 |volume=25 |issue=1 |id={{ProQuest|200745437}}}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=January 31, 2013 |title=Outsider Art Fair Opens at 548 West 22nd Street |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/arts/design/outsider-art-fair-opens-at-548-west-22nd-street.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104025541/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/arts/design/outsider-art-fair-opens-at-548-west-22nd-street.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Skydell owed $2.2 million on the Puck Building and another structure by the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moss |first=Michael |date=November 15, 1990 |title=City Falls $225M Short In Property Tax Collections |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-city-falls-225m-short-in-proper/156488669/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=Newsday |page= |pages=5, |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|278279448}} |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200210/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-city-falls-225m-short-in-proper/156488669/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of the ownership syndicate's financial troubles, Kushner's firm, Kushner Companies, had to take over the Puck Building,<ref name="Grant 2000">{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=September 6, 2000 |title=Multifamily Affair: Kushner Aims to Be a Player --- Apartment Owner to Close Biggest Deal, But Loss Of Berkshire Lingers |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=B.10 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|398739106}}}}</ref> becoming the sole owner of the structure.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Melby |first1=Caleb |last2=Kocieniewski |first2=David |date=December 19, 2017 |title=The Kushners' New York City Buildings Are Mostly Owned By Others |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-kushner-properties-stakes/?terminal=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170727/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-kushner-properties-stakes/?terminal=true |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref> Additional tenants moved into the building during the decade.<ref name="Rothstein 1996" /> After the city government stopped leasing space in the building in 1992,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=April 11, 1994 |title=City jettisons space, slamming downtown |magazine=Crain's New York Business |page=2 |volume=10 |issue=15 |id={{ProQuest|109375226}}}}</ref> and Pratt subsequently expanded into some of the city government's former space on the fourth floor.<ref name="Slatin 1994" /> ] designed a further renovation of the building in the mid-1990s.<ref name="aia4" /> The ] leased {{Convert|25000|ft2}} in 1996, at which point the building's space was fully leased.<ref name="Rothstein 1996">{{cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Mervyn |date=April 3, 1996 |title=Real Estate; Sony makes a number of moves in Manhattan to put more of its businesses under one roof. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/03/business/real-estate-sony-makes-number-moves-manhattan-put-more-its-businesses-under-one.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411175147/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/03/business/real-estate-sony-makes-number-moves-manhattan-put-more-its-businesses-under-one.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1998, Kushner Companies contemplated converting the ballroom spaces on the lower stories into retail space, as the Puck Building did not have any stores at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Croghan |first=Lore |date=April 6, 1998 |title=Learning the art of working in SoHo |magazine=Crain's New York Business |page=4 |volume=14 |issue=14 |id={{ProQuest|219188663}}}}</ref> The city government ] the building's land lot the same year, changing it from a manufacturing zone to a mixed commercial and residential zone.<ref>{{cite web |last=Oser |first=Alan S. |date=October 18, 1998 |title=Tenants as Developer's Partner in a Loft Venture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/18/realestate/tenants-as-developer-s-partner-in-a-loft-venture.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109033531/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/18/realestate/tenants-as-developer-s-partner-in-a-loft-venture.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The structure was valued at $80 million by 2000.<ref name="Grant 2000" /> | |||
Pratt moved out of the Puck Building in 2001,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Traster |first=Tina |date=August 1, 2005 |title=Campus coups: Manhattan sites |magazine=Crain's New York Business |page=22 |volume=21 |issue=31 |id={{ProQuest|219133581}}}}</ref> and ] leased {{Convert|75000|ft2}} at the building two years later, becoming the structure's largest tenant.<ref name="Dunlap 2003">{{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=June 22, 2003 |title=Postings: 2 Floors for Wagner Graduate School; N.Y.U. Leases 3 Floors at Puck Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/realestate/postings-2-floors-for-wagner-graduate-school-nyu-leases-3-floors-puck-building.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226061144/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/realestate/postings-2-floors-for-wagner-graduate-school-nyu-leases-3-floors-puck-building.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=Aug 2003 |title=Leasing |magazine=Real Estate Forum |page=24 |volume=58 |issue=8 |id={{ProQuest|216565115}}}}</ref> NYU relocated its ] and ] department into the building;<ref name="Mosher 2005" /><ref>{{cite press release |title=NYU Inks Deal for "Dream Space" in Puck Building |date=June 21, 2003 |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2003/june/nyu_inks_deal_for_dream_space.html |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=NYU |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200153/https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2003/june/nyu_inks_deal_for_dream_space.html |url-status=live }}</ref> at the time, the other tenants included ] and the catering firm New York Caterers.<ref name="Dunlap 2003" /> NYU hired ] to install ]s, consolidate some offices, and add a staircase to its space.<ref name="Mosher 2005" /> The Puck Building was again renovated in the mid-2000s, when workers replaced the windows and added some lighting. The building was fully occupied at the time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Garbarine |first=Rachelle |date=June 23, 2004 |title=Commercial Real Estate: Regional Market – NoHo; A Neighborhood Rarity: New Offices |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/business/commercial-real-estate-regional-market-noho-a-neighborhood-rarity-new-offices.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195446/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/business/commercial-real-estate-regional-market-noho-a-neighborhood-rarity-new-offices.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the building's owner sought to lease out the structure's {{Convert|20,600|ft2|adj=on}} event space to a food emporium.<ref>{{cite web |last=Holusha |first=John |date=May 9, 2004 |title=Food Stores: A Broader Menu |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/realestate/food-stores-a-broader-menu.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200151/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/realestate/food-stores-a-broader-menu.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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The outdoor-gear store ] leased {{convert|39000|sqft|adj=}} in the building in 2010, with plans to open a three-story store there.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 16, 2010 |title=REI to open 1st NYC store in SoHo in 2011 |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/rei-to-open-1st-nyc-store-in-soho-in-2011-u98992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126162013/https://www.newsday.com/business/rei-to-open-1st-nyc-store-in-soho-in-2011-u98992 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=September 16, 2010 |title=REI to open store in Manhattan in 2011 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rei-to-open-store-in-manhattan-in-2011/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170742/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rei-to-open-store-in-manhattan-in-2011/ |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref name="Wotapka 2010">{{cite news |last=Wotapka |first=Dawn |date=September 17, 2010 |title=Property: Retailer to Open in Puck Building |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704394704575496261377677230 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=A.24 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|751131127}} |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301090805/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704394704575496261377677230 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kushner Companies refinanced the building with a $80 million mortgage the same year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bubny |first=Paul |date=October 8, 2010 |title=Puckish Name, Serious Deal |url=https://www.globest.com/2010/10/08/puckish-name-serious-deal/?slreturn=20241003185954 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=GlobeSt |postscript=none |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195346/https://www.globest.com/2010/10/08/puckish-name-serious-deal/?slreturn=20241004155337 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Landa |first=Allison |date=October 8, 2010 |title=HFF Arranges $80M in Financing for New York's Puck Building |url=https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/hff-arranges-80m-in-financing-for-new-yorks-puck-building/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=Commercial Property Executive |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195345/https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/hff-arranges-80m-in-financing-for-new-yorks-puck-building/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Part of the ground floor was cut away to make way for a staircase,<ref>{{cite web |last=Moin |first=David |date=November 17, 2011 |title=REI to Open in Manhattan's Puck Building |url=https://wwd.com/feature/rei-to-open-in-manhattan-5378340-768975/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170735/https://wwd.com/feature/rei-to-open-in-manhattan-5378340-768975/ |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=WWD}}</ref><ref name="Murrow 2011">{{cite web |last=Murrow |first=Lauren |date=August 19, 2011 |title=Adventure-Gear Stores REI and Eastern Mountain Sports Open |url=https://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2011/shopping/rei-eastern-mountain-sports/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=New York Magazine |archive-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813155007/https://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2011/shopping/rei-eastern-mountain-sports/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and some of the original lower-story finishes were restored.<ref name="Murrow 2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Swalec |first=Andrea |date=November 22, 2011 |title=New REI Store in SoHo's Puck Building Pays Homage to Century-Old History |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/20111122/greenwich-village-soho/new-rei-store-sohos-puck-building-pays-homage-centuryold-history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126125747/http://www.dnainfo.com/20111122/greenwich-village-soho/new-rei-store-sohos-puck-building-pays-homage-centuryold-history |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=DNAinfo New York}}</ref> Some materials such as wood ceilings, floor ]s, and ] were removed and reinstalled elsewhere within the storefront space, while equipment like ]s and printing tablets was preserved.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 25, 2012 |title=Softlines (greater than 15,000 sq. ft.): REI |magazine=Drug Store News |page=54 |volume=34 |issue=8 |id={{ProQuest|1321662936}}}}</ref> The storefront renovation was designed by the architecture firm of ] and included an area that showcased the history of the Puck Building.<ref name="Mao 2011">{{cite news |last=Mao |first=Tien |date=December 2, 2011 |title=Photos: REI SoHo Opens Its Doors in the Puck Building |url=http://gothamist.com/2011/12/02/rei_soho_opens_its_doors_in_the_puc.php#photo-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210194550/http://gothamist.com/2011/12/02/rei_soho_opens_its_doors_in_the_puc.php#photo-1 |archive-date=February 10, 2016 |access-date=May 3, 2016 |newspaper=Gothamist}}</ref> The REI store opened in early December 2011,<ref name="Mao 2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Niedt |first=Bob |date=December 5, 2011 |title=Would an REI fly in Syracuse? Take a look at what the sporting goods retailer has done in SoHo |url=https://www.syracuse.com/storefront/2011/12/would_an_rei_fly_in_syracuse_t.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=syracuse |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195346/https://www.syracuse.com/storefront/2011/12/would_an_rei_fly_in_syracuse_t.html |url-status=live }}</ref> becoming the building's first retail tenant in over a century.<ref name="Wotapka 2010" /> | |||
Meanwhile, the LPC issued a permit to Kushner Companies in May 2011, allowing the firm to begin renovating the facade.<ref name="Dunlap 2011">{{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=September 2, 2011 |title=Small Subtractions and Big Addition at Puck Building |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/small-subtractions-and-big-addition-at-puck-building/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622154245/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/small-subtractions-and-big-addition-at-puck-building/ |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=City Room}}</ref> Kushner Companies' chief executive ] announced plans that August to add ]s atop the building<ref name="Davies 2011">{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Pete |date=August 17, 2011 |title=What Jared Kushner's Puck Building Penthouses Could Look Like |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/8/17/10450080/what-jared-kushners-puck-building-penthouses-could-look-like |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170644/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/8/17/10450080/what-jared-kushners-puck-building-penthouses-could-look-like |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 8, 2011 |title=Puck Building to get luxury condos |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/08/08/puck-building-to-become-luxury-condos-thanks-to-jared-kushner-of-kushner-companies/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614215803/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/08/08/puck-building-to-become-luxury-condos-thanks-to-jared-kushner-of-kushner-companies/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and hired ] to design the residences.<ref name="Dunlap 2011" /><ref name="Davies 2011" /> At the time, there was high demand for luxury residences in SoHo,<ref>{{cite web |last=Brooker |first=Nathan |date=September 23, 2011 |title=New York's long love affair with loft living |url=https://www.ft.com/content/03c469e6-dfad-11e0-8e15-00144feabdc0 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Financial Times |id={{ProQuest|893983509}} |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203212321/https://www.ft.com/content/03c469e6-dfad-11e0-8e15-00144feabdc0 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Puck Building was among the neighborhood's most prominent structures.<ref name="Kusisto 2011" /> The original plans for Kushner's penthouses called for three apartments each on the eighth and ninth floors, as well as a single duplex apartment within a new ] structure on the roof.<ref name="Davies 2011" /> The LPC rejected the initial designs in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Pete |date=September 19, 2011 |title=The Penthouse Plan: What the Puck? |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/9/19/10440490/the-penthouse-plan-what-the-puck#puck-penthouse-lpc-2 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170626/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/9/19/10440490/the-penthouse-plan-what-the-puck#puck-penthouse-lpc-2 |url-status=live}}</ref> Kushner submitted revised plans for two glass penthouse dormers in October,<ref name="Davies 2011" /> but the LPC also rejected these designs, saying the dormers were too large.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=October 6, 2011 |title=Landmarks Panel Declines to Approve a Puck Building Penthouse |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/landmarks-panel-declines-to-approve-a-puck-building-penthouse/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=City Room |postscript=none |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622125738/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/landmarks-panel-declines-to-approve-a-puck-building-penthouse/ |url-status=live}}; {{cite web |date=October 4, 2011 |title=Landmarks Commission on Puck Building Penthouses: "Nope" |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/10/4/10436584/landmarks-commission-on-puck-building-penthouses-nope |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128095249/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/10/4/10436584/landmarks-commission-on-puck-building-penthouses-nope |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency declined to accept a further modification that November for a similar reason.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=November 15, 2011 |title=Landmarks Panel Rejects Second Penthouse Plan for Puck Building |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/landmarks-panel-rejects-second-penthouse-plan-for-puck-building/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=City Room |postscript=none |archive-date=June 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624133539/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/landmarks-panel-rejects-second-penthouse-plan-for-puck-building/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |date=November 15, 2011 |title=Kushner fails to get LPC approval for Puck addition – again |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/11/15/landmarks-preservation-commission-does-not-approve-jared-kushner-proposal-for-penthouse-at-puck-building-at-295-lafayette-street/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |postscript=none |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195453/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/11/15/landmarks-preservation-commission-does-not-approve-jared-kushner-proposal-for-penthouse-at-puck-building-at-295-lafayette-street/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Keith |first=Kelsey |date=November 15, 2011 |title=LPC Bats Down Puck Building Penthouse Addition, Again |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/11/15/10424638/lpc-bats-down-puck-building-penthouse-addition-again |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195455/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/11/15/10424638/lpc-bats-down-puck-building-penthouse-addition-again |url-status=live }}</ref> The LPC conditionally approved a downsized dormer in December 2011<ref name="Kusisto 2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=December 9, 2011 |title=Mixed Messages at the Puck Building |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/mixed-messages-at-the-puck-building/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=City Room |archive-date=June 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623222252/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/mixed-messages-at-the-puck-building/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and formally approved the renovation later that month.<ref name="Fung 2011">{{cite web |last=Fung |first=Amanda |date=December 20, 2011 |title=On fifth try, Puck changes finally pass muster |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111220/REAL_ESTATE/111229981/on-fifth-try-puck-changes-finally-pass-muster |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Crain's New York Business |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529013015/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111220/REAL_ESTATE/111229981/on-fifth-try-puck-changes-finally-pass-muster |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Amateau 2011">{{cite web |last=Amateau |first=Albert |date=December 29, 2011 |title=Puck penthouse is O.K.'d; Macy's annex is designated |url=https://www.amny.com/news/puck-penthouse-is-o-k-d-macys-annex-is-designated/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170629/https://www.amny.com/news/puck-penthouse-is-o-k-d-macys-annex-is-designated/ |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=amNewYork |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=December 20, 2011 |title=Landmarks Commission Approves Puck Building Penthouse |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/landmarks-commission-approves-puck-building-penthouse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623061154/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/landmarks-commission-approves-puck-building-penthouse/ |archive-date=June 23, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=City Room |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=December 20, 2011 |title=Landmarks Commission finally approves Kushner's Puck Building extension |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/12/20/lpc-finally-approves-jared-kushner-s-puck-building-extension-according-to-the-greenwich-village-society-for-historic-preservation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522213039/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/12/20/lpc-finally-approves-jared-kushner-s-puck-building-extension-according-to-the-greenwich-village-society-for-historic-preservation/ |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref> Ultimately, Kushner Companies needed to meet with the LPC five or six times.<ref name="Fung 2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Satow |first=Julie |date=January 16, 2014 |title=Adding Penthouses for Profit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/realestate/adding-penthouses-for-profit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517162047/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/realestate/adding-penthouses-for-profit.html |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the final plan, the dormer was downsized by {{Convert|1500|ft2}} and shortened by {{Convert|20|ft}}.<ref name="Amateau 2011" /> In addition, the building's original parapet would be restored, preventing pedestrians from seeing the penthouse dormer from street level.<ref name="Kusisto 2011" /> | |||
Jared Kushner was involved with the design of the building's new apartments, to the extent that he mapped out their layouts and selected the materials with which they were decorated. His wife ] selected the materials for the apartments' bathrooms and closets.<ref name="Finn 2013" /> Kushner Companies renovated the remaining space in the building as well.<ref name="Murtha 2012">{{cite magazine |last=Murtha |first=Kerry |date=September 17, 2012 |title=Hip crowd reshapes Bowery triangle |magazine=Crain's New York Business |page=13 |volume=28 |issue=38 |id={{ProQuest|1042035077}}}}</ref> Kushner began marketing the condos in September 2013, asking $21 million to $60 million.<ref name="Finn 2013" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=September 20, 2013 |title=Details Unveiled for Long-Awaited $21–$60M Puck Penthouses |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/9/20/10195902/details-unveiled-for-long-awaited-21-60m-puck-penthouses |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228050530/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/9/20/10195902/details-unveiled-for-long-awaited-21-60m-puck-penthouses |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> At the time, Kushner anticipated that the residences would attract "connoisseurs, collectors, and those with a youthful exuberance".<ref name="Lassell p491" /> Office and commercial tenants continued to occupy the intermediate stories.<ref name="Murtha 2012" /> In the 2010s, these tenants included NYU's Wagner Graduate School;<ref name="Halime 2016" /> a ] showroom;<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lipke |first=David |date=September 20, 2012 |title=E-Tailers Complement Web Sites With Array Of Shops, Showrooms |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |pages= |volume=204 |issue=61 |id={{ProQuest|1081476077}}}}</ref> the Kushner family's firm ], along with numerous startups funded by Thrive Capital;<ref>{{cite web |last=Benner |first=Katie |date=January 13, 2017 |title=The Other Kushner Brother's Big Bet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/technology/jared-kushner-brother-joshua-kushner-spotlight.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807204235/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/technology/jared-kushner-brother-joshua-kushner-spotlight.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and several media- and internet-related firms.<ref name="Murtha 2012" /> | |||
==== Mid-2010s to present ==== | |||
Before sales had formally launched, penthouse IV was sold in December 2013 for about $28 million;<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Candace |date=December 5, 2013 |title=Villa in Riviera Lists for $101.9 Million; 'Château Malet,' fully restored, has royal bloodlines |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304096104579238302245868452.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page= |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1465062147}} |postscript=none |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195456/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304096104579238302245868452 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |date=September 12, 2013 |title=Puck Building: Home to stars? DiCaprio eyes Kushner pads |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/09/12/leo-dicaprio-checks-out-kushners-puck-building-penthouses/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195458/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/09/12/leo-dicaprio-checks-out-kushners-puck-building-penthouses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the sale was finalized the following year.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Sale of Kushner's first Puck penthouse closes for $28M |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/06/09/sale-of-first-penthouse-in-kushners-puck-building-closes/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170744/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/06/09/sale-of-first-penthouse-in-kushners-puck-building-closes/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The first completed penthouse was placed for sale in January 2014,<ref>{{cite web |date=July 10, 2014 |title=Puck Penthouses at 295 Lafayette Street |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/07/10/66-east-11th-street/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |postscript=none |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229061747/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/07/10/66-east-11th-street/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=January 23, 2014 |title=First Lavish Puck Penthouse To Hit The Market Wants $21M |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/1/23/10151854/first-lavish-puck-penthouse-to-hit-the-market-wants-21m |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004194512/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/1/23/10151854/first-lavish-puck-penthouse-to-hit-the-market-wants-21m |url-status=live }}</ref> and the remaining penthouses were finished that March.<ref name="Lassell p491" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Heyman |first=Marshall |date=March 12, 2014 |title=Trumped Up Amenities; Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Renovate Six Penthouses at 293 Lafayette St. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumped-up-amenities-on-high-1394674988 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page= |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1506645886}} |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200817/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumped-up-amenities-on-high-1394674988 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kushner placed two more penthouses on sale for $57 million the same year.<ref>{{cite web |last=DiChristopher |first=Tom |date=October 1, 2014 |title=Pair of Puck Building penthouses list for combined $57M |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/10/01/two-puck-building-penthouses-list-for-combined-57m/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |postscript=none |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003170741/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/10/01/two-puck-building-penthouses-list-for-combined-57m/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=September 30, 2014 |title=Two More Outrageously Expensive Puck Penthouses Listed |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/30/10041198/two-more-outrageously-expensive-puck-penthouses-listed |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195853/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/30/10041198/two-more-outrageously-expensive-puck-penthouses-listed |url-status=live }}</ref> The Chefs Club restaurant opened within the building's first floor in late 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ferst |first=Devra |date=November 25, 2014 |title=Food & Wine's Chefs Club in the Puck Building Is Big, Spacious, and a Little Strange |url=https://ny.eater.com/2014/11/25/7280493/chefs-club-eater-inside |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Eater NY |postscript=none |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211160945/https://ny.eater.com/2014/11/25/7280493/chefs-club-eater-inside |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Tishgart |first=Sierra |date=November 21, 2014 |title=First Look at Chefs Club by <em>Food & Wine</em> |url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2014/11/chefs-club-opens.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Grub Street |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303033047/https://www.grubstreet.com/2014/11/chefs-club-opens.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The next penthouse was not sold until early 2016,<ref>{{cite web |last=Marino |first=Vivian |date=February 26, 2016 |title=$28.5 Million, a Record Sale in NoLIta |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/realestate/28-5-million-arecord-sale-in-nolita.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230135848/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/realestate/28-5-million-arecord-sale-in-nolita.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Taylor 2016">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Candace |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Developer Jared Kushner Sells Puck Building Penthouse for $28 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-jared-kushner-sells-puck-building-penthouse-for-28-million-1454708877 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |postscript=none |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210062747/https://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-jared-kushner-sells-puck-building-penthouse-for-28-million-1454708877 |url-status=live}}; {{cite web |date=February 8, 2016 |title=Nikki Field out, Corcoran in at Kushner's Puck Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/02/08/nikki-field-out-corcoran-in-at-kushners-puck-building/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003171140/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/02/08/nikki-field-out-corcoran-in-at-kushners-puck-building/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the fourth penthouse was placed for sale that March.<ref>{{cite web |last=Muldowney |first=Decca |date=March 13, 2019 |title=Kushner Companies finds buyer for Puck building penthouse |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/03/13/kushner-companies-finds-buyer-for-puck-building-penthouse/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |postscript=none |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004193807/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/03/13/kushner-companies-finds-buyer-for-puck-building-penthouse/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=March 23, 2016 |title=Puck Penthouse, Never Before Listed, Hits the Market For $19.95M |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/3/23/11291294/puck-penthouse-hits-the-market-for-20m |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207001931/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/3/23/11291294/puck-penthouse-hits-the-market-for-20m |url-status=live }}</ref> Kushner Companies replaced the penthouses' original brokerage, ], with the ] the same year.<ref name="Taylor 2016" /> With sales of the penthouse condos lagging, Kushner Companies decided to rent out three of the apartments in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=February 10, 2017 |title=Nolita's extravagant Puck Penthouses find success as rentals |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/2/10/14574884/nolita-puck-penthouses-rental-expensive-condo |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Curbed NY |postscript=none |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304151210/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/2/10/14574884/nolita-puck-penthouses-rental-expensive-condo |url-status=live}}; {{cite web |last=Solomont |first=E.B. |date=February 10, 2017 |title=Condos at Kushner's Puck having luck as rentals instead |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2017/02/10/condos-at-puck-having-luck-as-rentals-instead/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828231229/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2017/02/10/condos-at-puck-having-luck-as-rentals-instead/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Kushner and Trump had originally wanted to move into one of the apartments,<ref name="Finn 2013" /> although they still had not done so by 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mark |first=David |date=January 11, 2017 |title=Big sale for TV big wigs near Hollywood sign |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Big%2Bsale%2Bfor%2BTV%2Bbig%2Bwigs%2Bnear%2BHollywood%2Bsign.-a0479868634 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Variety |via=Free Online Library |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195857/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Big%2Bsale%2Bfor%2BTV%2Bbig%2Bwigs%2Bnear%2BHollywood%2Bsign.-a0479868634 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Kushner's brother ] and Joshua's wife ] bought one of the building's penthouse in 2019 before reselling it;<ref>{{cite news |last=Solomont |first=E.B. |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Joshua Kushner, Karlie Kloss List Smaller Puck Penthouse for $23.5 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-puck-penthouse-new-york-11632234647 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |postscript=none |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828231222/https://www.wsj.com/articles/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-puck-penthouse-new-york-11632234647 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |date=September 22, 2021 |title=Joshua Kushner, Karlie Kloss selling Puck Penthouses condo |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/09/22/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-selling-puck-penthouses-condo/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214044016/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/09/22/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-selling-puck-penthouses-condo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the couple purchased the last remaining penthouse two years later,<ref name="Velsey 2022">{{cite web |last=Velsey |first=Kim |date=January 7, 2022 |title=Kushner and Kloss Have Klosed on Puck Building Penthouse |url=https://www.curbed.com/2022/01/kushner-kloss-puck-building-penthouse-discount.html |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=Curbed |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828231221/https://www.curbed.com/2022/01/kushner-kloss-puck-building-penthouse-discount.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gannon 2021" /> which they also resold.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Katherine |date=August 26, 2024 |title=Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss Pay $29.5 Million for Malibu's Iconic Wave House |url=https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-wave-house-malibu-e760c07f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010130/https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/joshua-kushner-karlie-kloss-wave-house-malibu-e760c07f |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Wall |first=Sheridan |date=June 4, 2024 |title=Puck Building penthouse trades for $33M |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/06/04/puck-building-penthouse-sold-for-33m/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616002345/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/06/04/puck-building-penthouse-sold-for-33m/ |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref> The Chefs Club restaurant closed during the ], and the Major Food Club took over the space,<ref>{{cite web |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Major Food Group Will Take Over The Former Chefs Club |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/695713/major-food-group-kushner-chefs-club-nolita/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Tasting Table |postscript=none |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606134148/https://www.tastingtable.com/695713/major-food-group-kushner-chefs-club-nolita/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Major Food Group Returns to the Old Neighborhood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/dining/major-food-group-torrisi-puck-building.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125122320/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/dining/major-food-group-torrisi-puck-building.html |url-status=live }}</ref> opening the ] restaurant there in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Major Food Group Strikes Again With Glitzy New NYC Haunt |url=https://gothammag.com/Major-Food-Group-Strikes-Again-With-Glitzy-New-NYC-Haunt |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Gotham Magazine |postscript=none |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423075449/https://gothammag.com/Major-Food-Group-Strikes-Again-With-Glitzy-New-NYC-Haunt |url-status=live}}; {{cite web |last=Orlow |first=Emma |date=November 29, 2022 |title=The Carbone Team Unleashes a Glitzy Torrisi Restaurant in Nolita |url=https://ny.eater.com/2022/11/29/23484624/torrisi-restaurant-opens-manhattan-puck-building |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Eater NY |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330091232/https://ny.eater.com/2022/11/29/23484624/torrisi-restaurant-opens-manhattan-puck-building |url-status=live}}</ref> After NYU relocated part of its Wagner Center out of the building in 2023, about {{Convert|30000|ft2}} of its space was leased to the hedge fund Quadrature.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nehring |first=Abigail |date=November 21, 2023 |title=Hedge Fund Quadrature Opens First US Office at the Puck Building |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2023/11/quadrature-lease-295-lafayette-street/ |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=Commercial Observer |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=November 22, 2023 |title=Kushner signs UK hedge fund for Puck Building offices |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/11/22/kushners-puck-building-plucks-nyu-replacement-for/ |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref> In addition, ] rented {{Convert|90000|ft2}}, nearly half of the building's space, in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=5 Oct 2024 |title=OpenAI Is Putting Down Office Roots in New York |url=https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/openai-is-putting-down-office-roots-in-new-york-86194c6c |access-date=2024-10-04 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page= |issn=0099-9660 |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Durso |first=Isabelle |date=October 4, 2024 |title=AI Firm OpenAI Inks Deal for 90K-SF Office at Kushner's Puck Building |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2024/10/openai-lease-kushner-puck-building/ |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref><ref name="trd20241007">{{cite web |date=October 7, 2024 |title=OpenAI signs for offices at Kushner's Puck Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/10/07/openai-opening-offices-at-kushners-puck-building/ |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref> At the time, the building's other office tenants included Thrive Capital, ], and ].<ref name="trd20241007" /> | |||
== Impact == | |||
The 1893 ''King's Handbook of New York City'' described the Puck Building as "a fitting monument" to ''Puck'' magazine and the J. Ottmann Lithographing Company, particularly praising the facade as giving an impression of "strength combined with lightness and graceful simplicity".<ref name="King 1892" /> ] wrote for ''The New York Times'' in 1978 that the Puck Building was a "fine Romanesque commercial building" with "amusing" Puck statues,<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=May 7, 1976 |title=Metropolitan Baedeker: Astor Place A Mingling of Theaters |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |page=72 |id={{ProQuest|122647416}}}}</ref> and another writer for the same newspaper said in 1983 that the building "seems to fit right in with the cast-iron structures" around it.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldman |first=Ari L. |date=August 26, 1983 |title=Houston St.: Downtown Boulevard Revisited |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/26/arts/houston-st-downtown-boulevard-revisited.html |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231065217/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/26/arts/houston-st-downtown-boulevard-revisited.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the building's 1983 renovation, a ''New York Daily News'' writer referred to the Puck statues as "the most outstanding feature of the building".<ref name="La Rosa 1983" /> In his 1994 book ''New York, a Guide to the Metropolis'', Gerard Wolfe wrote that the Puck Building was "a fine example of the industrial Romanesque Revival style" of the late 19th century;<ref>{{cite book |last=Wolfe |first=Gerard R. |title=New York, a Guide to the Metropolis: Walking Tours of Architecture and History |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-07-071397-0 |page=108}}</ref> similarly, Eric Nash wrote in his 1995 book ''New York's 50 Best Secret Architectural Treasures'' that the Puck Building was a "premier example of the ]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Broder |first=Mitch |date=August 22, 1996 |title=The Guide; City secrets |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-the-guide-city-secrets/156490923/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=The Daily Times |pages=33 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004195858/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-the-guide-city-secrets/156490923/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Before the Puck Building was preserved as an official city landmark, it was depicted in the ]'s 1982 exhibit "Landmarks That Aren't".<ref>{{Cite news |last=La Rosa |first=Paul |date=February 4, 1982 |title=Our Unprotected Landmarks |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-our-unprotected-landmarks/156331844/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=93, |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003171146/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-our-unprotected-landmarks/156331844/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The ] (LPC) designated it as a city landmark in April 1983,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=April 13, 1983 |title=Landmark Status Given to Woolworth Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/13/nyregion/landmark-status-given-to-woolworth-building.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121065849/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/13/nyregion/landmark-status-given-to-woolworth-building.html |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 }}</ref> and the structure was added to the ] the same year.<ref name="Niers 2013" /> After Wagner designed the Puck Building, he reused its design details for a structure at 140 Franklin Street in ].<ref>{{cite web |date=October 24, 1998 |title=Postings: 14 Lofts at 140 Franklin Street, From $1.65 Million to $3.95 Million; A Renovation in TriBeCa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/24/realestate/postings-14-lofts-140-franklin-street-1.65-million-3.95-million-renovation.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527084108/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/24/realestate/postings-14-lofts-140-franklin-street-1.65-million-3.95-million-renovation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The Puck Building has been shown in various works of popular culture, For example, an exterior shot of the Puck Building is seen in the American television ] '']'',<ref>{{cite web |date=September 30, 2011 |title=On Set in the Village |url=https://www.villagepreservation.org/2011/09/30/on-set-in-the-village/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003171147/https://www.villagepreservation.org/2011/09/30/on-set-in-the-village/ |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation}}</ref> and it is also used as a setting in the 1989 film '']''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Alleman |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_0Z5SxTKLkC&pg=PA284 |title=New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York |publisher=Crown |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-8041-3778-2 |page=284 |postscript=none |access-date=August 28, 2024 }}; {{cite book |last=Gordon |first=William A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c2tZY-i6aa8C&pg=PA209 |title=Shot on This Site: A Traveler's Guide to the Places and Locations Used to Film Famous Movies and TV Shows |publisher=Carol Publishing Group |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-8065-1647-9 |series=A Citadel Press book |page=209 |postscript=none |access-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200007/https://books.google.com/books?id=c2tZY-i6aa8C&pg=PA209 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=December 25, 2016 |title=In the Footsteps of Harry and Sally |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/travel/footsteps-when-harry-met-sally-new-york.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812084452/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/travel/footsteps-when-harry-met-sally-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The band ] recorded parts of their 2003 album '']'' in an empty penthouse in the building;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brassland {{!}} Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |url=https://brassland.org/releases/sad-songs-for-dirty-lovers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816204927/https://brassland.org/releases/sad-songs-for-dirty-lovers |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=brassland.org}}</ref> two of its members, ] and ], worked there at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=6 Music Artist Collection – The National – The National: Their Albums In Their Words – BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001l16n |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> The building is also depicted in a mural in the ]'s Periodical Room.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shepard |first=Joan |date=May 1, 1983 |title=Grandeur restored at library |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-grandeur-restored-at-library/156470105/ |access-date=October 3, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |pages=676 |postscript=none |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003171146/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-grandeur-restored-at-library/156470105/ |url-status=live}}; {{cite web |last=Carmody |first=Deirdre |date=April 6, 1983 |title=Library Restores Periodical Room's Splendor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/06/nyregion/library-restores-periodical-room-s-splendor.html |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204151947/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/06/nyregion/library-restores-periodical-room-s-splendor.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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* {{cite report |url=https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1226.pdf |title=Puck Building |date=April 12, 1983 |publisher=] |ref={{sfnref|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983}}}} | |||
* {{cite report |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001740.pdf |title=Puck Building |date=June 23, 1983 |publisher=], ] |ref={{harvid|National Park Service|1983}}}} | |||
* {{Cite magazine |date=March 2, 1887 |title=The Puck Building |magazine=Puck |pages=22–28 |volume=21 |issue=52 |id={{ProQuest|127698694}} |ref={{harvid|Puck|1887}}}} | |||
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Building in Manhattan, New YorkUnited States historic place
Puck Building | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
New York State Register of Historic Places | |
New York City Landmark No. 1226 | |
Seen from Houston Street (2021) | |
Location | 295–309 Lafayette Street Manhattan, New York City |
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Coordinates | 40°43′29″N 73°59′43″W / 40.7248°N 73.9953°W / 40.7248; -73.9953 |
Built | 1885–1886 |
Architect | Albert Wagner; Herman Wagner (later expansion) |
Architectural style | Rundbogenstil |
NRHP reference No. | 83001740 |
NYSRHP No. | 06101.001564 |
NYCL No. | 1226 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 21, 1983 |
Designated NYSRHP | June 13, 1983 |
Designated NYCL | April 12, 1983 |
The Puck Building is a mixed-use building at 295–309 Lafayette Street in the SoHo and Nolita neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, United States. An example of the German Rundbogenstil style of architecture, the building was designed by Albert Wagner and is composed of two sections: the original seven-story building to the north and a nine-story southern annex. The Lafayette Street elevation of the facade was designed by Herman Wagner in a similar style to the original building. The Puck Building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Puck Building occupies the block bounded by Lafayette, Houston, Mulberry, and Jersey streets. The facade is made of red brick and is divided vertically into bays of uniform width. The facade is also divided horizontally into several tiers of arcades, with wider arches at the top and narrower arches at the bottom. The sculptor Henry Baerer created two sculptures of the Shakespeare character Puck for the facade. The building is topped by a penthouse structure. The original interiors were arranged as open plan offices, which largely remained intact in the late 20th century. There is retail space in the basement and first two stories; office and studio space on the intermediate stories; and six penthouse apartments on the highest stories.
The building was the longtime home of Puck magazine, a humor cartoon whose founders Joseph Keppler and Adolph Schwarzmann acquired the site in 1885 with J. Ottmann. The original building was completed the following year, and the annex was built between 1892 and 1893. When Lafayette Street was extended through the neighborhood in the late 1890s, the western section of the building was demolished, and a new facade and entrance were built on Lafayette Street. Puck magazine went out of business in 1918, and the structure was used by printing firms over the next several decades. Paul Serra's family bought the Puck Building in 1978, and Serra and his partner Peter Gee converted it to commercial condominiums, which were completed in 1983. A syndicate led by Harry Skydell bought the Puck Building in 1986 and renovated it further. Kushner Properties, a partner in the syndicate, took over the building in the 1990s. The lowest stories were converted to a store in 2011, and Kushner Properties added penthouse apartments there between 2011 and 2013.
Site
The Puck Building is at 295–309 Lafayette Street, in the Nolita and SoHo neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It occupies an entire city block between Lafayette Street to the west, Houston Street to the north, Mulberry Street to the east, and Jersey Street to the south. The land lot is quadrilateral and measures around 23,397 square feet (2,174 m). Across the street to the southeast are St. Patrick's Old Cathedral and St. Patrick's Old Cathedral School. In addition, an entrance to the New York City Subway's Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street station is directly outside the building to the north. There are glass-and-iron vaulted sidewalks around the building; the vaulted sidewalks on Mulberry Street have all been replaced, but those on Houston and Lafayette streets are largely intact.
Prior to the construction of the Puck Building, the site had been occupied by St. Catherine's Convent, which was built by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in 1848. The convent was located at 35 East Houston Street, and the adjacent House of Mercy was at 33 East Houston Street. When the building was erected in the 1880s, it was at the southern end of Manhattan's printing district, which was centered around the Astor Library Building. Furthermore, there were numerous publishers, printing firms, and publications headquartered in the neighborhood. These firms had settled in the neighborhood in part because of their proximity to the New York and New Haven Railroad's freight terminal, which was several blocks south on Canal Street between Centre and Lafayette streets.
At the time of the building's construction, Lafayette Street did not exist at the intersection with Houston Street. What is now known as Lafayette Street was two separate streets: Lafayette Place to the north and Elm Street to the south. These two streets were connected between 1897 and 1905. Because of the construction of Lafayette Street, part of the original building has been demolished. Before the original building was truncated, it carried an address of 31–39 East Houston Street.
Architecture
The Puck Building was designed by Albert Wagner and was built for Puck magazine and the J. Ottmann Lithographing Company. It is designed in the Romanesque Revival style, with elements inspired by the German Rundbogenstil style. It was constructed in two parts: The north section was built in 1885–1986 and the south addition in 1892–1993. The front of the building on Lafayette Street was relocated in 1899 when the street (then called Elm Place) was widened. Herman Wagner was the architect for the renovated facade.
Facade
The current Puck Building is composed of the original structure to the north, which dates from 1885, and the annex to the south, which dates from 1892. In both sections of the building, the western elevation of the facade, along Lafayette Street, dates from 1898. The Lafayette Street elevation is stylistically similar to the original facades of both the original building and the annex. The original building is seven stories high, while the annex is nine stories high. The building's facade includes gilded statues of Shakespeare's character Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; the sculptor Henry Baerer created two such statues for the building.
Every elevation of the facade is divided vertically into bays of uniform width. The original building measures three bays wide (originally five bays) on Houston Street to the north, six bays wide on Mulberry Street to the east, and four bays wide on Lafayette Street to the west. The southern annex is five bays wide on Mulberry Street and six bays wide on Lafayette Street. The southern elevation on Jersey Street is clad in plain brick and has a small number of window openings with iron shutters. The bays are separated vertically by projecting brick piers, which rise atop granite pedestals. The rest of the facade is made of red brick, except for window frames and statues made of cast iron, as well as entrance gates made of wrought iron. Some terracotta and sandstone is also used in the facade. All four corners of the building are chamfered, with small diagonal cutouts. On Mulberry Street, there are two wrought-iron fire escapes, one each in the annex and the original building.
Lower stories
On the first two stories of the facade, there is one double-height arch in each bay. The piers between each bay are wider than on the upper stories, and there is a brownstone course at the bottom of each pier, just above the granite pedestal. On the first story, most of the bays contain rectangular openings, which are divided vertically into groups of three. Some of the first-story openings contain storefront entrances instead of windows; these entrances are accessed by small stoops, which are made of pieces of vaulted sidewalk. The second story is a semicircular lunette window, which is divided vertically into three panes. A cast-iron transom bar separates the first- and second-story windows. The lunettes are surrounded by round arches with slightly projecting edges, and there is a horizontal string course made of brownstone above the second story.
The Puck Building's main entrance is on Lafayette Street, within the fifth-northernmost bay. This entrance is shaped like a triumphal arch. At the ground story of the archway are two rectangular doorways, which are separated by a cast-iron column and flanked by smaller cast-iron piers. In front of each doorway is an ornate Art Nouveau wrought-iron arch with a set of wrought-iron gates. A transom bar runs above the doorways, and a statue of Puck stands atop the center of the transom bar. Above the transom bar is a lunette window. On either side of the entrance is a granite pedestal, above which are two stone columns and two pilasters, all in the Doric order. The columns and pilasters are all topped by capitals with wreath motifs. Above the columns is an architrave bearing the words "Puck Building" in all-capital letters, with a console bracket below the center and a balustrade above it.
When the building was completed, Puck magazine described the structure as having round arches along both Houston and Mulberry streets, with a recessed wrought-iron entrance at the corner of these streets. The entrance at the northeast corner of the building, at Houston and Mulberry streets, included a pair of doorways until 1899. This entrance has been replaced with a double-height brick column with a brownstone sphere. Above it is one of the Puck statues. which holds a mirror, pen, and book. The statue also included the inscription "What fools these mortals be", the phrase printed on Puck magazine covers; this inscription had been worn away by the 1950s. When the building's entrance was located at this corner, the column stood in front of the entrance.
Upper stories
On the third to seventh stories, the piers are narrower than on the lower stories. The third and fourth stories comprise a second tier of arcades. Within each bay, the third and fourth stories are composed of two double-height arches, each of which is half the width of the ground-level arches. The windows between the third and fourth stories are separated by patterned spandrel panels. Within each arched opening, there is a pair of sash windows on either story. Each pair of arches is separated vertically by a narrow brickwork pier with patterned capitals. In addition, there are corbels and brownstone sills running horizontally above the fourth story.
The fifth through seventh stories of each bay comprise a third arcade. On these stories, each bay has three triple-height arches, which are each one-third of the width of the ground-level arches. Within each arched opening, there is a single sash window on each of the fifth through seventh stories. As with the third-and-fourth-story windows, each arch is divided by narrow brickwork piers with patterned capitals. At the sixth story of the building's northeast corner, the chamfer has a massive console bracket, which originally served as the base of a flagpole. A patterned brick course, corbels, a brownstone sill, and a cornice run horizontally above the seventh story of the original building.
The annex rises another two stories; the eighth and ninth stories of the annex form a separate arcade. On these stories, each bay contains three double-height arches, which are the same width as the arches on the fifth through seventh stories. A cornice runs horizontally above the ninth floor, and each of the piers rises slightly above the level of the cornice. Both the original building and the annex were originally topped by a parapet; this feature was removed from the original building by the late 20th century but was restored in the 2010s.
Interior
The ceilings on the first floor are 18 feet (5.5 m) high, shrinking to 10.5 feet (3.2 m) on the upper stories. The interior's architectural features included a cast-iron elevator. cast-iron staircases, wooden wainscoting, and open plan spaces with cast-iron columns. The columns were decorated with motifs such as rosettes, fluting, bosses, and bands. The original building to the north has a wood-beam and cast iron superstructure, while the southern annex has a brick-vault and cast iron superstructure. The brick vault were strong enough to accommodate the weight of the building's printing presses.
The ground (first) floor was originally used by the J. Ottman firm, and it also included a stair leading to the Puck company offices on the upper stories. On the upper floors were was a reception area, a library, an office, a workshop and reception room, and a set of artists' ateliers. There was also a photographer's darkroom on the fifth floor. In addition, artists' sketches were reproduced in color in a transfer room on the sixth floor. The building had 24 or 30 printing presses as well. After the original building was finished, King's Handbook of New York City characterized the building as being among the largest printing-plant structures in the world. A Puck magazine supplement described the structure as being the largest printing plant near the Astor Library.
Most of the interior, including the open plan offices, remained intact in the late 20th century. A lobby for commercial tenants was added during the 1980s renovation. On average, each of the modern-day building's floors covers about 22,000 square feet (2,000 m) or 24,500 square feet (2,280 m). The building contains both office and retail space as well as ballrooms for large events on the ground and ninth floors. The Skylight Ballroom can accommodate 250 guests, while the Grand Ballroom can fit up to 1,000. Large masonry walls, measuring 2 feet (0.61 m) thick, split the interiors into thirds.
Penthouse apartments
At the top of the building are six penthouse apartments collectively known as the Puck Penthouses; they were designed by Jose Ramirez and Sherida E. Paulsen. The apartments are accessed through their own entrance and are served by a concierge. The penthouse lobby has an imported European cast-iron fireplace mantel, and the private elevator has a depiction of Puck. Each of the apartments is assigned a Roman-numeral apartment number (for example, penthouse VI). The penthouses range from 4,895 to 7,000 square feet (454.8 to 650.3 m). Each penthouse has a separate layout; three of the penthouses have outdoor terraces, and two units occupy two levels. The largest unit is Penthouse I, which spans 7,241 square feet (672.7 m) and includes five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and 5,100 square feet (470 m) of terraces.
The Puck Penthouses retain the spaces' original large windows, cast-iron columns, and vaulted brick ceilings. As built, the units were fully furnished. The apartments have custom stoves, window frames, door hinges, and other appliances, and the bathrooms are clad in travertine. In addition, the doors are made of nickel and glass, materials that were selected specifically to give the penthouses an industrial ambiance. The builders hardware is made of materials such as marble and nickel. There are also electronic devices, such as hidden televisions in the bathroom mirrors. One of the penthouses is within a dormer structure, which has a steel frame and is structurally connected with the frames of the original structure and annex.
History
Puck ownership
The building was the longtime home of Puck magazine, a humor cartoon. Joseph Keppler and Adolph Schwarzmann had founded Puck as a German-language publication in 1876 and started publishing in English in 1877. Puck magazine was originally situated near the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge. Puck and the J. Ottmann Lithographing Company, which printed out Puck cartoons, were situated on Warren Street in Manhattan's Civic Center by 1880. The magazine's circulation had grown to 80,000 by then, and it needed a larger building.
Development and opening
In February 1885, Keppler, Schwarzmann, and J. Ottmann agreed to acquire the Institution of Mercy at the southwest corner of Mulberry Street and Houston Street. The sale was finalized the next month; the three men paid $140,000 (equivalent to $4,748,000 in 2023) for the site. The men hired Albert Wagner to design a seven-story building, with two basements, on a site measuring 117 feet (36 m) along Houston Street and 138 feet (42 m) along Mulberry Street. As planned, the ground floor would contain stores, the second and third stories would be used as offices, and the upper stories would be used as a printing plant. Demolition was underway by mid-1885. Keppler, Schwarzmann, and J. Ottmann borrowed $130,000 (equivalent to $4,408,000 in 2023) from the Franklin Savings Bank. The George A. Fuller Company was the main construction contractor.
The Puck Building was completed around 1886. The original building was much wider along its northern end, at Houston Street, than along its southern end. At the time, it had 231,000 square feet (21,500 m) of space. Originally, Ottmann's lithograph firm was located on the ground floor, while the Puck offices upstairs were accessed by a separate lobby. Shortly after the building was finished, in June 1887, a fire caused up to $30,000 in damage to the upper floors (equivalent to $1,017,000 in 2023). There was also water damage to Puck magazine's editorial rooms when firefighters tried to put out the blaze. The building caught fire again in early 1888, although the blaze was extinguished before a large amount of flammable material in the basement could catch fire. By the late 19th century, Puck employed 400 people at the building.
Expansion
The Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners, which was appointed in 1889 to plan a New York City Subway line, announced a tentative route for the subway's first line in June 1890. Part of the Puck Building would need to be demolished because the line would be built underneath a new street running between Elm Street and Lafayette Place, and the building stood in the line's way. The building would have to be reconfigured so that it had a facade along the new street. That August, Keppler, Schwarzmann, and Ottmann acquired the site at 281 Mulberry Street, directly south of the Puck Building. At the time, the irregularly-shaped site on Mulberry Street contained a three-story tenement, which Keppler and his partners planned to demolish and replace with an annex to the Puck Building. Due to uncertainties over the subway line's construction, the annex's construction was delayed.
B. B. Schneider sold Keppler and Schwarzmann the site on the northwest corner of Mulberry and Jersey streets in March 1892. This gave Puck's executives full control of the western side of Mulberry Street between Houston and Jersey streets. The same month, Thomas Weatherby sold four houses on the north side of Jersey Street, immediately west of Schneider's plot, to Keppler and Schwarzmann. Wagner was rehired to design the annex, which was to rise nine stories. W. Arnott was hired as the stonemason for the annex, which was planned to cost $365,000 or $400,000. Work on the annex began sometime in 1892; during the annex's construction, some workers went on strike. In January 1893, the city government agreed to widen and extend Elm Street northward, which would require demolishing about one-third of the existing building; several property owners, including Keppler, expressed objections to the street's extension. The annex was ultimately completed in 1893. That year, Keppler, Schwarzmann, and Ottmann borrowed $300,000 for the building from the Brooklyn Savings Bank (equivalent to $10,173,000 in 2023).
Partial demolition and early 20th century
Maps published in 1894 (left) and 1905 (right) show the Puck Building, lower right, before and after Lafayette Street (labeled here as Marion Street) was cut through the block, necessitating the relocation of the western wall.Meanwhile, there were still plans to extend Elm Street north through Marion Street and Lafayette Place. In 1893, the city's Board of Street Opening and Improvement submitted plans for the project to the New York City Board of Aldermen for approval. Though the building's owners were still opposed to the street's extension as late as December 1894, they had come to support the proposal by the next year. To make way for the section of Elm Street between Houston and Jersey streets, the city government decided to raze the building's westernmost section in 1897. A city commission was appointed to determine how much each property owner should be compensated. They determined that the owners of the Puck Building would receive $464,000 in compensation (equivalent to $16,994,000 in 2023).
In September 1897, the Puck Publishing Corporation filed plans for $275,000 worth of alterations to the Puck Building (equivalent to $10,072,000 in 2023). Wagner was again hired as the architect for these modifications, and Hanlon Brothers were hired to demolish part of the building. P. & J. Schaeffler received the masonry contract; Grissler & Son was hired as the carpenter; and Baker, Smith & Co. was hired to reconfigure the building's steam-heating system. After Wagner died in 1898, Herman Wagner and Richard Jahn took over responsibility for the design. The northern part of the facade, originally five bays wide, was truncated to three bays. Heavy braces measuring 60 feet (18 m) long were used to temporarily shore up the northern and eastern elevations, and part of the remaining structure's facade on Houston Street was also demolished and rebuilt. A new main entrance was built to the west on Elm Street (later Lafayette Street). replacing the original entrance at Houston and Mulberry streets, and Henry Baerer designed a Puck statue above the new Elm Street entrance. Materials salvaged from the building were reportedly reused in a four-story building at 163 Crosby Street.
The modifications to the Puck Building were completed in 1899, though Lafayette Street was not completed until 1905. After Keppler and Schwarzmann died in 1894 and 1904, respectively, their estates took over the respective stakes in the company (including the Puck Building). A fire in November 1905 caused $50,000 in damage (equivalent to $1,696,000 in 2023) after a can of turpentine caught on fire inside a finishing room where workers were producing Christmas cards. In addition, six people were severely injured in 1912 after one of the building's elevators fell seven stories. The Manhattan Ladies' Hat Company leased some space in the building in 1912, followed by Teitelbaum & De Marinis the next year. The Puck Building remained Puck magazine's headquarters until 1917, when Hearst Communications took over the magazine. Puck was discontinued in September of the following year.
Mid-20th century
After the discontinuation of Puck magazine, the building remained well-suited for firms in the printing industry, as its floor plates had been built to accommodate heavy printing presses. The building thus housed numerous independent printing firms and related printing services. Among the building's tenants were the Keller Printing Company in one of the building's lofts, the Paulus-Ullmann Printing Corporation on the fifth floor, and the Paulus & Howell Press on the eighth floor. All of the rentable space had been rented by the end of 1917, when Acme Steel Goods Company took the seventh floor. Other tenants in the late 1910s included the American Paper Mills, clothing manufacturers Zeeman & Grossman, Raymond Engineering Corporation, and a store operated by Olney & Warrin.
A ladies' hat manufacturers' association moved into the building in the 1920s, and Comfort & Company, Inc., leased a large part of the building in 1935. The building's other tenants in the mid-20th century included the bookbinder J. C. Valentine Company (which moved out in 1931 after four decades there); the printing company Lehmaier Press; the Parker-Wilson Printing Company; the printing company Costa & Aliani; and the Pioneer Scientific Corporation. An office stationery company, S. Novick & Son, occupied the second floor; its salesmen included former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Alger Hiss. In addition, in 1937, the Puck statue above the main entrance was cleaned.
In 1947, the Puck Building was sold to a client of David Rapaport; this was the first time the building had changed ownership in half a century. By then, the building was cited as having 210,000 square feet (20,000 m) of space, and it was valued at $490,000 (equivalent to $6,686,000 in 2023). Marlow Handbags moved its factory to the Puck Building in the next year. By the 1950s and 1960s, the building also housed such tenants as the Empire Bookbinding Company, Prospect Press, Sample Service Corporation, and the garment-industry-ticket producer Keller Ticket Company. After Coney Island's Steeplechase Park was closed in 1965, part of the amusement park's fence was moved to the Puck Building.
Serra and Gee ownership
Paul Serra's family bought the Puck Building in 1978; at the time, the building was fully occupied. Serra and his partner Peter Gee, who ran a company called Peter, Paul and Puck, began planning to renovate the building. The two largest tenants moved out of the building in 1980, and all but one of the other tenants moved out during the subsequent months. The Serra family bought out the last tenant's lease and proposed converting the building into a commercial condominium. Initially, there were plans to add residential space, but this was canceled due to high costs, as the owners had to pay the displaced commercial tenants a fee of $9 per square foot. Additionally, Gee said "there are too many problems involved with the city and dealing with people's personal lives" when it came to residential tenancies.
Serra and Gee converted the building to office and gallery space for graphic-arts firms. Workers regilded the Puck statues, renovated the elevator cabs, added interior wainscoting, and installed new wiring and HVAC systems; in addition, they preserved a much of the original interiors as they could. During the building's renovation, in 1982, the author and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was raped and killed in the building by a security guard named Joey Sanza. The renovation ultimately cost $14 million and mostly involved cosmetic changes. The Puck Building's renovation helped spur the revitalization of Lafayette Street, which had been a frequent hangout for drug dealers.
The Puck Building reopened in April 1983. The reopening was celebrated with a temporary exhibit on the history of Puck magazine, which included artifacts from the building that were discovered during its renovation. Initially, the first two stories contained galleries, the midsection had offices, and the top stories had schools. One-third of the entire floor area was reserved for a design school operated by Gee, while the two men planned to sell the remaining space to designers, artists, and other tenants who wanted more than 10,000 square feet (930 m). The smallest condo spanned 4,000 square feet (370 m), and the units were listed for sale at an average price of $125 per square foot ($1,350/m). To attract tenants, Serra and Gee offered to split up existing condo units and install new floors, and they gave commercial tenants their own lobby. The structure also hosted events such as dinner parties and balls. Three years after the renovation, none of the condos had been sold, prompting Serra and Gee to sell the Puck Building.
Skydell and Kushner ownership
1980s to 2000s
In 1986, a syndicate led by Harry Skydell paid $19 million for the building. Skydell's partners in the syndicate included George Gellert, Charles Kushner, and Joel Seiden, and Skydell's firm Hudson Park Management took over the building's operation. Skydell and his partners spent another $9 million on the building, which included new elevators and mechanical systems. Sonneblick-Goldman Corporation borrowed $26.3 million to pay for the building's renovation and purchase.
After the second renovation, the Puck Building was nearly fully occupied. The building was the original home of Spy Magazine, whose founders, Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, had specifically wanted to establish a magazine in the former Puck headquarters. The Pratt Institute opened its Manhattan Center campus on the building's second floor in 1986, relocating several of its graphics and illustration departments there. In addition, the New York City government rented four floors, three of which were occupied by the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Transportation; the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board also had offices in the Puck Building, The New York Press magazine moved into the building as well. The Puck Building's ballroom became a popular venue for fashion shows, in part due to the ballroom's relatively low rental rates and plain architectural design. Other events hosted in the building during the late 20th and early 21st centuries included the National Black Fine Art Show and the Outsider Art Fair.
Skydell owed $2.2 million on the Puck Building and another structure by the early 1990s. Because of the ownership syndicate's financial troubles, Kushner's firm, Kushner Companies, had to take over the Puck Building, becoming the sole owner of the structure. Additional tenants moved into the building during the decade. After the city government stopped leasing space in the building in 1992, and Pratt subsequently expanded into some of the city government's former space on the fourth floor. Beyer Blinder Belle designed a further renovation of the building in the mid-1990s. The Bell Technology Group leased 25,000 square feet (2,300 m) in 1996, at which point the building's space was fully leased. By 1998, Kushner Companies contemplated converting the ballroom spaces on the lower stories into retail space, as the Puck Building did not have any stores at the time. The city government rezoned the building's land lot the same year, changing it from a manufacturing zone to a mixed commercial and residential zone. The structure was valued at $80 million by 2000.
Pratt moved out of the Puck Building in 2001, and New York University leased 75,000 square feet (7,000 m) at the building two years later, becoming the structure's largest tenant. NYU relocated its Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and sociology department into the building; at the time, the other tenants included Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and the catering firm New York Caterers. NYU hired Suben/Doughtery to install raised floors, consolidate some offices, and add a staircase to its space. The Puck Building was again renovated in the mid-2000s, when workers replaced the windows and added some lighting. The building was fully occupied at the time. In addition, the building's owner sought to lease out the structure's 20,600-square-foot (1,910 m) event space to a food emporium.
New retail space and penthouses
The outdoor-gear store REI leased 39,000 square feet (3,600 m) in the building in 2010, with plans to open a three-story store there. Kushner Companies refinanced the building with a $80 million mortgage the same year. Part of the ground floor was cut away to make way for a staircase, and some of the original lower-story finishes were restored. Some materials such as wood ceilings, floor joists, and wainscoting were removed and reinstalled elsewhere within the storefront space, while equipment like flywheels and printing tablets was preserved. The storefront renovation was designed by the architecture firm of Callison and included an area that showcased the history of the Puck Building. The REI store opened in early December 2011, becoming the building's first retail tenant in over a century.
Meanwhile, the LPC issued a permit to Kushner Companies in May 2011, allowing the firm to begin renovating the facade. Kushner Companies' chief executive Jared Kushner announced plans that August to add penthouse apartments atop the building and hired PKSB Architects to design the residences. At the time, there was high demand for luxury residences in SoHo, and the Puck Building was among the neighborhood's most prominent structures. The original plans for Kushner's penthouses called for three apartments each on the eighth and ninth floors, as well as a single duplex apartment within a new dormer structure on the roof. The LPC rejected the initial designs in September 2011. Kushner submitted revised plans for two glass penthouse dormers in October, but the LPC also rejected these designs, saying the dormers were too large. The agency declined to accept a further modification that November for a similar reason. The LPC conditionally approved a downsized dormer in December 2011 and formally approved the renovation later that month. Ultimately, Kushner Companies needed to meet with the LPC five or six times. In the final plan, the dormer was downsized by 1,500 square feet (140 m) and shortened by 20 feet (6.1 m). In addition, the building's original parapet would be restored, preventing pedestrians from seeing the penthouse dormer from street level.
Jared Kushner was involved with the design of the building's new apartments, to the extent that he mapped out their layouts and selected the materials with which they were decorated. His wife Ivanka Trump selected the materials for the apartments' bathrooms and closets. Kushner Companies renovated the remaining space in the building as well. Kushner began marketing the condos in September 2013, asking $21 million to $60 million. At the time, Kushner anticipated that the residences would attract "connoisseurs, collectors, and those with a youthful exuberance". Office and commercial tenants continued to occupy the intermediate stories. In the 2010s, these tenants included NYU's Wagner Graduate School; a Warby Parker showroom; the Kushner family's firm Thrive Capital, along with numerous startups funded by Thrive Capital; and several media- and internet-related firms.
Mid-2010s to present
Before sales had formally launched, penthouse IV was sold in December 2013 for about $28 million; the sale was finalized the following year. The first completed penthouse was placed for sale in January 2014, and the remaining penthouses were finished that March. Kushner placed two more penthouses on sale for $57 million the same year. The Chefs Club restaurant opened within the building's first floor in late 2014. The next penthouse was not sold until early 2016, and the fourth penthouse was placed for sale that March. Kushner Companies replaced the penthouses' original brokerage, Sotheby's International Realty, with the Corcoran Group the same year. With sales of the penthouse condos lagging, Kushner Companies decided to rent out three of the apartments in 2017. Kushner and Trump had originally wanted to move into one of the apartments, although they still had not done so by 2017.
Kushner's brother Joshua and Joshua's wife Karlie Kloss bought one of the building's penthouse in 2019 before reselling it; the couple purchased the last remaining penthouse two years later, which they also resold. The Chefs Club restaurant closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, and the Major Food Club took over the space, opening the Torrisi restaurant there in 2022. After NYU relocated part of its Wagner Center out of the building in 2023, about 30,000 square feet (2,800 m) of its space was leased to the hedge fund Quadrature. In addition, OpenAI rented 90,000 square feet (8,400 m), nearly half of the building's space, in 2024. At the time, the building's other office tenants included Thrive Capital, Plaid Inc., and Cadre.
Impact
The 1893 King's Handbook of New York City described the Puck Building as "a fitting monument" to Puck magazine and the J. Ottmann Lithographing Company, particularly praising the facade as giving an impression of "strength combined with lightness and graceful simplicity". Paul Goldberger wrote for The New York Times in 1978 that the Puck Building was a "fine Romanesque commercial building" with "amusing" Puck statues, and another writer for the same newspaper said in 1983 that the building "seems to fit right in with the cast-iron structures" around it. Following the building's 1983 renovation, a New York Daily News writer referred to the Puck statues as "the most outstanding feature of the building". In his 1994 book New York, a Guide to the Metropolis, Gerard Wolfe wrote that the Puck Building was "a fine example of the industrial Romanesque Revival style" of the late 19th century; similarly, Eric Nash wrote in his 1995 book New York's 50 Best Secret Architectural Treasures that the Puck Building was a "premier example of the Rundbogenstil".
Before the Puck Building was preserved as an official city landmark, it was depicted in the Municipal Art Society's 1982 exhibit "Landmarks That Aren't". The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated it as a city landmark in April 1983, and the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year. After Wagner designed the Puck Building, he reused its design details for a structure at 140 Franklin Street in Tribeca.
The Puck Building has been shown in various works of popular culture, For example, an exterior shot of the Puck Building is seen in the American television sitcom Will & Grace, and it is also used as a setting in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally.... The band The National recorded parts of their 2003 album Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers in an empty penthouse in the building; two of its members, Matt Berninger and Scott Devendorf, worked there at the time. The building is also depicted in a mural in the New York Public Library Main Branch's Periodical Room.
See also
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street
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External links
- Media related to Puck Building at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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