International Tailoring Company Building

INTERNATIONAL TAILORING COMPANY BUILDING   CONSTRUCTED IN 1920, THIS WAS THE NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TAILORING COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARY, J.L. TAYLOR & COMPANY. IT WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF MEN'S CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHING.   FROM THE EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY, THE COMPANY'S "TAILORS TO THE TRADE" MADE SUITS, TOPCOATS, TUXEDOS, AND OTHER CLOTHING SOLD BY MERCHANT TAILORS ACROSS THE U.S. AND ABROAD.   THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM STARRETT & VAN VLECK DESIGNED THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE LORD & TAYLOR AND SAKS FIFTH AVENUE FLAGSHIP STORES IN MANHATTAN,   THE BUILDING CONVERTED TO COOPERATIVE APARTMENTS IN 1980. IT IS OWNED BY THE FOURTH AVENUE OWNERS CORPORATION.   HERMAN MELVILLE LIVED IN A TOWNHOUSE ON THIS SITE FROM 1847 TO 1850. HE BEGAN WRITING MOBY DICK WHILE LIVING HERE.

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