21 Bond Street

 apartment building, 1893_construction

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6-story Renaissance-revival cooperative-apartment building completed in 1893. Designed by Buchman & Deisler as a store-and-loft building, the facade is of Roman brick with brownstone and terra-cotta moldings, and also has an arched window for the fifth floor. At the ground floor, the side piers frame a green-painted cast-iron storefront with plain and foliate paneled columns, transoms, paneled fascia and a molded cornice with modillions; the piers have molded bases, rough-faced banding, and terra-cotta bas-relief plaques at the top of the ground floor.

The 2nd floor has four grouped windows, with a green cast-iron surround decorated with rosettes. Above the center two windows is a lightly projecting pediment decorated with egg-and-dart moldings and foliate relief. The 3rd & 4th floors each have four grouped windows with green cast-iron surrounds; the brick spandrel has four terra-cotta fleur-de-lis; the 4th floor has a denticulated brownstone sill, with a wide molding with fluted frieze above. The 5th floor has a giant cast-iron fanlight with header-brick architrave and coursed brick spandrel. At the 6th floor are four round-arched windows, below a green iron roof cornice with dentils, paneled
fascia, scrolled brackets, molded cornice and balustrade.

It was occupied by various textile wholesalers from the late 1930s until 1970, when it was converted to cultural use with a theater studio and offices. In 1979, the theater studio remained open, but the upper floors were converted to joint live/work spaces for artists. The ground floor is occupied by Daryl K. boutique.