A&P Warehouse

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A&P Warehouse
Former namesThe Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company warehouse
Alternative namesA&P Warehouse
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeLow-rise building
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
ClassificationResidential
Location Tribeca
Address67 Vestry Street
Town or city Manhattan, New York
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°43′22″N74°00′40″W / 40.722744°N 74.011207°W / 40.722744; -74.011207
Named for Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Construction started1896 (1896)
Completed1899 (1899)
Renovated1910 (1910)
Owner Aby Rosen
Height99.68 feet (30.38 m)
Technical details
Floor count9
Design and construction
Architect(s) Frederick P. Dinkelberg
Architecture firm Burnham and Root
DesignationsPending
Other information
ParkingStreet

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) Warehouse, located at 67 Vestry Street, is a historic building in the Tribeca section of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Originally a storage building, it was later converted to residential use and has since been historically linked to the New York City arts scene. [1]

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History

The A&P Warehouse, built for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company grocery chain, was completed in 1897 and features a fortress-like Romanesque Revival facade. Designed by architect Frederick P. Dinkelberg as a seven-story storage building, two additional stories and an extension were eventually added. This renovation, completed in 1910, was designed by architect Frank Helme. [2]

Many historic buildings around the A&P Warehouse, including the original A&P storefront at 31 Vesey Street, were destroyed by government-led mid-20th Century urban renewal projects. After A&P moved across the Hudson River to Jersey City, New Jersey, the warehouse was converted to loft apartments. By the 1970s artists had set up homes and studios within the lofts. Several famous 20th-Century artists, most notably Marisol, Andy Warhol, John Chamberlain, Wim Wenders and Robert Wilson, have called the former A&P Warehouse home. [3]

In 2014, developer Aby Rosen, 67 Vestry Street's current owner, announced that he would like to replace the structure with a 11-story residential tower. [4] Current residents and local preservationists have formed a movement to bring landmark status to the structure to stop its demolition. [5]

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