Manhattan · NYC landmark
29th Street Towers
214–226 West 29th Street · Manhattan, New York City
Connected fur-trade towers preserve carvings of the trade and a site of labor organizing.
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NYFE Summary
These connected towers brought fur manufacturers and showrooms together in the growing Garment District. Fur workers gathered outside during the 1926 strike that won higher minimum wages and a forty-hour week.
Carved figures at the entrances refer directly to the trade. In one, a man appears to feed a beaver; in another, he inspects its pelt. Patterned terra-cotta and the stepped tower shapes carry the decoration above street level.
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