…its designation for many years. James McCreery & Co. Dry Goods opened its doors in 1869. Mr. James McCreery, an Irish immigrant, was employed by Ubsdell, Pierson & Lake, a…
Read More…landmarked in 2011) and the A.T. Stewart store was on East 10th Street and Broadway. Another important retail presence was James McCreery & Co. James McCreery & Co. Dry Goods…
Read MoreFor today’s Building Broadway post, we thought we’d take a look at the former McCreery’s Dry Goods Store at the corner of Broadway and 11th Street. Featuring this building is…
Read More…Street 801-807 Broadway/67 East 11th Street, 2013. James McCreery & Co. Dry Goods opened its doors in 1869. Mr. James McCreery, an Irish immigrant, was employed by Ubsdell, Pierson &…
Read More…McCreery promptly opened the company’s new flagship store on the corner of Broadway and East 11th St. James McCreery. Courtesy of Notable New Yorkers 1869-1899 McCreery was known not only…
Read More…located on Broadway and Grand Streets. McCreery worked his way up to become a partner in the company. Upon Lake’s retirement in 1867, the company was renamed James McCreery & Company. McCreery…
Read MoreThe roof of the former McCreery’s Dry Goods Store at the corner of Broadway and 11th Street is obviously an addition. But few know that two different fires in the…
Read More…beautiful illustration at left shows us the building in 1899. As today, it is located next to the McCreery Building. Although the writing on the spandrels between floors has faded,…
Read More…former McCreery & Co. Dry Goods store, captured at the end of the row and across the intersection, still exists today. A particular favorite in this photo is the young…
Read More…138 Second Avenue (St. Mark’s Place/9th Street) in the East Village, an 1832 Federal-style house, and the former James McCreery & Co. Store/Cast-Iron Lofts at 801-807 Broadway/67 East 11th Street,…
Read More…Second Avenue (St. Mark’s Place/9th Street) in the East Village, an 1832 Federal-style house, and the former James McCreery & Co. Store/Cast-Iron Lofts at 801-807 Broadway/67 East 11th Street, built…
Read More…Building (aka the McCreery and Co. Store, 801-807 Broadway), which GVSHP and supporters have long advocated for official landmark status from the Landmark Preservation Commission. It is a grand former department…
Read More…space. King & Kellum was recognized at the time for their work at the Tweed Courthouse on Chambers Street and for elegant cast-iron buildings such as McCreery’s on Broadway and…
Read More…over without authorization by the City by artists as live/work spaces, which were not technically legal. But in the early 1970s the nearby former McCreery Dry Good Store at 801-807…
Read More…Andrew Carrigan, James McCreery, William Michael Harnet, and Alfred E. Smith all lived here. Though the popular narrative of the Irish experience in New York is often one of hardship,…
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