Textile Building (Manhattan)
The Textile Building is a historic 1901 14-story building located at 66 Leonard Street at the corner of Church Street - where it is numbered 239-245 - in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Neo-Renaissance in style, it was designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, and built from 1900-01 by George A. Fuller Co. for the Importer's Building Company. The 12-story building was converted from office space into 47 condominiums in 1999 by developer Yitzchak Tessler to designs by Karl Fischer and Alan Ritchie, at which time a duplex penthouse was added. The common areas were designed by Jay Valgora of the Walker Group/CNI.
The building is part of the Tribeca East Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on December 8, 1992.
The building - which was originally called the "Importer's Building", and typically contained the offices and showrooms of dry goods firms - is decorated with mementos of the American textile industry. The building's facade is adorned with six representations of Caduceus, a winged staff entwined by a pair of snakes. There are also eight cartouches.
Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten bought an apartment in the building in April 2001 for $2.62 million, which he then sold in 2004 to Hiromi Go, a Japanese pop star, for approximately $3.25 million.
