# American Thread Building

New York City, NY · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-2cae688bb9` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/new-york-city-american-thread-building/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-2cae688bb9.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-2cae688bb9.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-2cae688bb9

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing | none |
| What is there now | live/work lofts | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Wool Warehouse Company | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Public subsidy | J51 tax abatement | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect William B. Tubby” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **renovation_years**: “the building was renovated and converted into live/work lofts in 1981.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Timeline

- 1981: renovated and converted into live/work lofts

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The American Thread Building is a historic building located at 260 West Broadway on the corner of Beach Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The eleven story building was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect William B. Tubby, and built in 1896. It was originally known as the Wool Exchange Building, and owned by the Wool Warehouse Company; however the Wool Company did not succeed and the building was acquired by the American Thread Company in 1907.
In 1979, a group of young artists made a stand against real estate developer Harry B. Macklowe.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Thread_Building

## Sources

- American Thread Building — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Thread_Building

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "American Thread Building, New York City, NY." Record n-2cae688bb9, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/new-york-city-american-thread-building/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_newyorkcityamericanthreadbuilding,
  title = {American Thread Building, New York City, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/new-york-city-american-thread-building/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-2cae688bb9, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.