Forward Building, 173-175 East Broadway, Borough of Manhattan
Subtitle: built 1912 : architect George A. Boehm
By: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Contributors: Zavin, Shirley, 1932- author
Series: Designation list / Landmarks Preservation Commission -- 184
Publisher: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Eclecticism in architecture; Brick Building; Building, Terra-cotta; Buildings, structures; Architecture; Conservation and restoration; Jewish community centers; Buildings; Forward Building (New York, N.Y.); Forṿerṭs (New York, N.Y.)
Notes: "Report prepared by Shirley Zavin"--Page 15.

"LP-1419."

"March 18, 1986'--Page [1].

"Landmark Site: Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 284, lot 23"--Page [1].

Between 1912 and 1972, this impressive ten-story building was home to the offices of the Forverts, the Yiddish-language daily founded in 1897 to "spread the ideas of socialism among the Jewish masses." Once one of the most widely circulated Jewish papers in the world, the Forward both served and shaped the large immigrant Jewish community that populated New York City in the first half of the 20th century.

"A richly ornamented terra-cotta and brick-clad Beaux Arts style structure"--Page [1].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20).