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361 Broadway

Coordinates:40°43′3″N74°0′14″W/ 40.71750°N 74.00389°W/40.71750; -74.00389
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361 Broadway
361 Broadway is located in Lower Manhattan
361 Broadway
361 Broadway
361 Broadway is located in New York
361 Broadway
361 Broadway
361 Broadway is located in the United States
361 Broadway
361 Broadway
Location361 Broadway at Franklin Street,
Manhattan,New York City
Coordinates40°43′3″N74°0′14″W/ 40.71750°N 74.00389°W/40.71750; -74.00389
Built1881–1882
ArchitectW. Wheeler Smith(original)
Shigeru Ban(renovation architect)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP referenceNo.83001718[1]
NYCLNo.1225
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1983
Designated NYCLJuly 27, 1982

Cast Iron House (361 Broadway)at the corner of Franklin Street andBroadwayin theTribecaneighborhood ofManhattan,New York City, formerly known as theJames White Building,was built in 1881–82 and was designed byW. Wheeler Smithin theItalianate style.[2]It features acast-ironfacade, and is a good example of latecast-iron architecture.[3]The building was renovated by architectJoseph Pell Lombardiin 2000,[4]and a restoration of the facade began in 2009.[5]The building once housed the offices ofScientific Americanfrom 1884 to 1915,[6]but it was primarily used in connection with the textile trade.[3]

The building was designated aNew York City landmarkon July 27, 1982,[3]and was added to theNational Register of Historic Placeson September 15, 1983.

In 2014,Shigeru BanArchitects announced plans to convert the James White Building into a 13-unit luxury condominium building, known as the Cast Iron House.[7][8]A gut renovation was completed in 2021, with contemporary double-height living spaces inserted behind the restored cast-iron façade.[9]As part of the project, the existing floor slabs were removed, and the six-story structure was expanded to seven stories. A two-storypenthousestructure, with two duplex apartments, was installed on the roof of 361 Broadway using a Vierendeel truss system.[10]To avoid adding stress to the historic façade, the independent structural system was devised to manage the additional load of the new penthouse floor using the existing foundation.

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  1. ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.March 13, 2009.
  2. ^Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.40.
  3. ^abcRobins, Anthony W."361 Broadway Designation Report"ArchivedSeptember 20, 2021, at theWayback MachineNew York Landmarks Preservation Commission(July 27, 1982)
  4. ^White, Norval& Willensky, Elliot (2000).AIA Guide to New York City(4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press.ISBN978-0-8129-3107-5.,p.75
  5. ^"Projects: Commercial Buildings: 361 Broadway"on the Jan Hird Pokorny Associates website
  6. ^Schlenoff, Dan (August 28, 2015)."Scientific American, on the Move".Scientific American Blog Network.RetrievedMarch 10,2023.
  7. ^Winston, Anna (April 23, 2014)."Shigeru Ban redesigns interiors for iron-clad New York apartment block".Dezeen.RetrievedOctober 20,2022.
  8. ^Pham, Diane (April 21, 2014)."Five Condos at the Shigeru Ban-Designed Cast Iron House Now Up for Sale".6sqft.RetrievedOctober 20,2022.
  9. ^Hylton, Ondel (June 17, 2016)."Shigeru Ban's Cast Iron House Tops Out, Raises the Bar for Tribeca Penthouses".6sqft.RetrievedOctober 20,2022.
  10. ^Viladas, Pilar (August 23, 2021)."Cast Iron House by Shigeru Ban Architects New York".Architectural Record.RetrievedOctober 20,2022.

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