Baker & Williams Building

 office building, interesting place, 1905_construction, nuclear waste storage

7-story office building completed in 1905. Designed by John B. Snook & Sons as a warehouse. During World War II, this building and two others on the street were known as the Baker & Williams warehouses, and were used to house tons of radioactive ore for the Manhattan Project. The uranium was removed and a decontamination project at the site was completed early 1990's.

The facade is clad in reddish-brown brick, with five bays of windows on either side of a central blank brick space. On each side, the inner and central bays have segmental-arched windows, while the other bays have square-headed windows. The ground floor has cast-iron loading docks on each side. The building is topped by a brick parapet that has six step-ups toward the center.

The Jack Shainman Gallery is housed on the ground floor.

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