View source for 361 Broadway

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                     = 361 Broadway
| nrhp_type                =
| image                    = 361 Broadway - James White Building (51522453870).jpg
| image_size               = 
| caption                  = 
| location                 = 361 Broadway at Franklin Street,<br>[[Manhattan]], New York City
| coordinates              = {{coord|40|43|3|N|74|0|14|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| map_label                = 361 Broadway
| locmapin                 = Lower Manhattan#New York#USA
| built                    = 1881–1882
| architect                = [[W. Wheeler Smith]] (original)<br/>[[Shigeru Ban]] (renovation architect)
| architecture             = [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]]
| added                    = September 15, 1983
| refnum                   = 83001718<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
| designated_other2_name   = New York City Landmark
| designated_other2_date   = July 27, 1982
| designated_other2_abbr   = NYCL
| designated_other2_link   = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
| designated_other2_number = 1225
| designated_other2_color  = #ffe978
}}

'''Cast Iron House (361 Broadway)''' at the corner of Franklin Street and [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in the [[Tribeca]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], New York City, formerly known as the '''James White Building''', was built in 1881–82 and was designed by [[W. Wheeler Smith]] in the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate style]].<ref>Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.40.</ref> It features a [[cast-iron]] facade, and is a good example of late [[cast-iron architecture]].<ref name=desrep>Robins, Anthony W. [http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/BB034.pdf "361 Broadway Designation Report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920134500/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/BB034.pdf |date=September 20, 2021 }} [[New York Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (July 27, 1982)</ref> The building was renovated by architect [[Joseph Pell Lombardi]] in 2000,<ref>{{cite AIA4}}, p.75</ref> and a restoration of the facade began in 2009.<ref>[http://www.jhpokorny.com/361_broadway.php?origin=%2Fa_project_types%2Fa060_commercial_buildings%2Findex.php&category=Commercial%20Buildings "Projects: Commercial Buildings: 361 Broadway"] on the Jan Hird Pokorny Associates website</ref> The building once housed the offices of ''[[Scientific American]]'' from 1884 to 1915,<ref name="Schlenoff 2015">{{cite web | last=Schlenoff | first=Dan | title=Scientific American, on the Move | website=Scientific American Blog Network | date=August 28, 2015 | url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/scientific-american-on-the-move/ | access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> but it was primarily used in connection with the textile trade.<ref name=desrep /> 

The building was designated a [[List of New York City Landmarks|New York City landmark]] on July 27, 1982,<ref name=desrep /> and was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on September 15, 1983.

In 2014, [[Shigeru Ban]] Architects announced plans to convert the James White Building into a 13-unit luxury condominium building, known as the Cast Iron House.<ref name="Winston 2014">{{cite web | last=Winston | first=Anna | title=Shigeru Ban redesigns interiors for iron-clad New York apartment block | website=Dezeen | date=April 23, 2014 | url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/23/shigeru-ban-cast-iron-house-apartment-block-new-york/ | access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Pham 2014">{{cite web | last=Pham | first=Diane | title=Five Condos at the Shigeru Ban-Designed Cast Iron House Now Up for Sale | website=6sqft | date=April 21, 2014 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/condos-at-the-shigeru-ban-designed-cast-iron-house-now-up-for-sale/ | access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref> A gut renovation was completed in 2021, with contemporary double-height living spaces inserted behind the restored cast-iron façade.<ref name="Hylton 2016">{{cite web | last=Hylton | first=Ondel | title=Shigeru Ban's Cast Iron House Tops Out, Raises the Bar for Tribeca Penthouses | website=6sqft | date=June 17, 2016 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/shigeru-bans-cast-iron-house-tops-out-raises-the-bar-for-tribeca-penthouses/ | access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref> As part of the project, the existing floor slabs were removed, and the six-story structure was expanded to seven stories. A two-story [[Penthouse apartment|penthouse]] structure, with two duplex apartments, was installed on the roof of 361 Broadway using a Vierendeel truss system.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cast Iron House by Shigeru Ban Architects New York |first=Pilar |last=Viladas |date=August 23, 2021 | website=Architectural Record | url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15273-cast-iron-house-by-shigeru-ban-architects | access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref> 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.

==See also==
*[[List of New York City Landmarks]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street]]

==References==
'''Notes'''
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat}}
* [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1225.pdf New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission report]

<!--spacing-->

{{National Register of Historic Places in New York|state=collapsed}}
{{Tribeca, Manhattan}}
{{Broadway (Manhattan)}}

[[Category:1882 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Broadway (Manhattan)]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Cast-iron architecture in New York City]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1882]]
[[Category:New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Tribeca]]


{{Manhattan-NRHP-stub}}
{{Manhattan-struct-stub}}