7. 85 Leonard Street

85 Leonard Street, now home to condominiums, is the one of the only existing structures in New York City with cast iron facades from James Bogardus, who invented cast-iron buildings (and whose own namesake building was actually stolen twice). Created in 1861, the building is also a New York City Landmark and is part of the National Register of Historic Places. It was created for the Kitchen, Montross & Wilcox store, which held its retail store there until 1868, when it continued to occupy just the ground floor. In fact, the first-floor store front is still in good condition.

Other companies continued to rent the building until Joseph Salamon, who was from a fabric company, purchased it in 1974. That year, it also became a New York City landmark, while Salamon continued to rent the fourth floor as an artists’ studio.