228 West Broadway

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6-story Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1892. Designed by Maynard & Wistairr as a store-and-loft building. It has two wings, one fronting West Broadway and the other North Moore Street. The similarly-detailed tower-like facades feature window groups supported in cast-iron armatures, separated by ornate sheet-metal spandrels, and framed by masonry piers enriched with sheet-metal panels. The east and north elevations have no openings in the common red brick walls; the faded painted sign on the North Moore wing includes the word "manufacturing." Fireproof shutters remain at the one-bay wide juncture of the south and west elevations.

Beginning in 1943, the building was rented as manufacturing lofts. The current use is mixed, with the upper floors converted to residential use. The ground floor is occupied by The Bubble Lounge.