{"nrhp_refnum":"08001034","name":"Garment Center Historic District","other_names":["Fashion District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Sixth Ave. on the E., Ninth Ave. on the W., W. 35th St. on the S., and W. 41st St. on the N.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75438795200006,"lon":-73.9894991395521,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Industry","Commerce","Social History","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 215 contributing buildings across about 25 blocks of Midtown Manhattan, roughly bounded by Sixth and Ninth Avenues and West 35th and West 41st Streets, dominated by loft and showroom buildings of the garment industry built mostly between 1896 and 1931.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district has no parallel in the city or country, reflecting the garment industry's economic and immigrant history and the growth of vernacular commercial architecture between the world wars. Its uniform setback streetscapes were shaped by the 1811 street grid, the 1916 Zoning Resolution and reforms after the Triangle fire. The form also stresses the move of the industry away from Fifth Avenue.","narrative":"Spread across about 25 blocks of Midtown Manhattan between Sixth and Ninth Avenues, this district is the core of the city's Garment Center. Its 215 contributing buildings are mostly brick- and stone-faced loft and showroom towers, built largely between 1896 and 1931, that rise from the lot line to stepped setbacks required by the 1916 Zoning Resolution. Side streets are lined with buildings of 12 to 22 stories, while Seventh Avenue, Broadway and Eighth Avenue carry taller structures, some reaching 45 stories. Architects such as George and Edward Blum, Emery Roth and Ely Jacques Kahn gave many buildings Art Deco or eclectic ornament. Earlier survivors include a pre-Civil War firehouse, tenements, hotels, a Gothic church and former publishing headquarters. The district was listed because it reflects the economic and immigrant history of the garment industry and the development of commercial architecture between the two world wars, shaped by the 1811 street grid, zoning reform and the push to move the trade away from Fifth Avenue.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Many architects, including George and Edward Blum, Ely Jacques Kahn (Buchman & Kahn), Emery Roth, Schwartz & Gross, and Patrick Keely","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century American Movements (loft and showroom buildings); Moderne, Art Deco; Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival; Gothic Revival, Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic functions of manufacturing, commerce, lodging, religion and government largely continue; 36 resources are noncontributing, including four empty lots, and some sites are slated for new construction.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.895529-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08001034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001034/1ec36edbcb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001034/1ec36edbcb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garment-district-39th-and-ninth.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319536","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garment_District,_Manhattan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494337"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/garment-center-historic-district-08001034/"}