Ladies' Mile Historic District

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ladies'_Mile_Historic_District
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1989
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Beaux-Arts
gptkb:Romanesque_Revival
gptkb:Renaissance_Revival
gptkbp:area approximately 28 blocks
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:17th_Street
gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:23rd_Street
gptkb:Sixth_Avenue
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designated_by gptkb:New_York_City_Landmarks_Preservation_Commission
gptkbp:established 1989
gptkbp:hasBuilding gptkb:Lord_&_Taylor
Arnold Constable & Company
B. Altman Dry Goods Store
Ehrich Brothers Store
Siegel-Cooper Department Store
Stern Brothers Department Store
gptkbp:historicalSignificance center of high-end retail shopping in late 19th and early 20th centuries
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ladies' Mile Historic District
gptkbp:location gptkb:Manhattan
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:namedAfter fashionable shopping area frequented by women
gptkbp:notable_for department stores
cast-iron buildings
late 19th-century commercial architecture
gptkbp:notableEvent decline after World War I
gptkbp:notableFor circa 1860–1914
gptkbp:notableResident Oscar Hammerstein I (business owner in district)
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 89001121
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts late 20th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_York_City_Historic_District
gptkb:Bank_of_the_Metropolis
gptkb:Mortimer_Building
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7