No. 121 Chambers ran through the block to No. 103 Reade (left). The James Gilbert building, abutting, was designed to visually include No. 103, the center section being a near-match to the Chambers Street facade.
"... When Nicholas Gilbert purchased the property at No. 121 Chambers Street in 1835, the area was still a respectable, residential one. At the same time, he bought the three lots directly behind, at Nos. 103 through 107 Reade Street. Gilbert and his family moved into the Chambers Street house; but would not stay appreciably long. By Gilbert’s death in 1851 his former home was being run as a boarding house, and the three Reade Street houses were rented to blue collar workers and servants. By 1860 the area was seeing the rise of handsome commercial buildings and lofts. That year Gilbert’s two sons divided up the property and set about to replace the old houses with modern money-making business buildings. Frederick Gilbert, who was a ship chandler by trade, took the family home and the house directly behind it at No. 103 Reade. ..."
Tribeca Citizen
Landmarks Approves Expansion of 121 Chambers Street, TriBeCa
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