32 North Moore Street (New York City, New York)

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7-story Romanesque-revival residential building completed in 1885. Designed by Richard Berger as a warehouse, it was erected as one of a pair of buildings with 28-30 North Moore Street. The buildings, designed by Richard Berger, appear as one large structure with a slightly projecting central pavilion (the western two bays of the eastern building). The design of the orange brick facade trimmed with a darker shade of brick blends neo-Grec ornament with the arcaded form; three 2-story tiers of single window bays have arches which spring from angled rock-faced sandstone imposts. Paneled spandrels and decorative tie-rod plates and a brick arcaded parapet and cornice complete the facade. Bright red-painted cast-iron piers and engaged columns support the cast-iron lintel of the base; the sheet-metal cornice and bay infill has been replaced. The facade is spanned by a loading platform which extends across the two buildings in the pair.

The building remained in use as a warehouse through the 1970s. In the '80s it was converted to condominiums. The ground floor is occupied by Playing Mantis toy store.