5. 105 Hudson Street, the Powell Building

The Powell Building was designed by Carrere & Hastings (the architects behind the New York Public Library building and many other works in the city) for Henry Lillie Pierce, a relative of chocolatier Walter Baker. Pierce continued Baker’s business at this locale until candy manufacturer Alexander Power purchased and added four more floors in 1905 after Pierce’s death.

According to Daytonian in Manhattan, while the building continued to house food businesses, there were also accounting and printing businesses here. It was converted into an office and loft space in the 1970s.