Jerome Cohen honored by 23rd Street Association.The 23rd Street Association, a non-profit community organization, honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. Jerome M. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , chairman of Williams Real Estate Co. Inc., naming him as the recipient of the group's 33rd Annual Distinguished Citizen Award. Cohen was recognized for his outstanding service and commitment to the community, in particular for his restoration of 28 & 40 West 23rd Street, the landmark buildings located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The 23rd Street Association also paid tribute to 28 & 40 West 23rd Street, former home of the Stern Brothers Department Store, one of the city's most prominent retail stores of its era. 40 was built in 1878 and 28 was built in 1915. Cohen and his partners purchased the buildings in 1968 and launched a full-scale restoration. In 1978, Margot Gayle, president of the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, gave an award to 23rd Street Properties for Cohen's careful restoration of the building's cast-iron facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. . The space became used for offices and showrooms rather than for manufacturing and shipping. Inspired by the property's success, owners of former department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. along the Avenue of the Americas soon followed Cohen's lead by upgrading their facades and public spaces. The changes triggered by Jerry Cohen and his partners brought about the rebirth re·birth n. 1. A second or new birth; reincarnation. 2. A renaissance; a revival: a rebirth of classicism in architecture. of "Ladies Mile." Another major tenant, Marc Ecko Marc Ecko (born Marc Milecofsky[1] on 1972 in Lakewood, New Jersey) is a fashion designer and entrepreneur. He started selling T-shirts in the mid 1980s, and founded his clothing brand eckō in 1993. Enterprises, leased 270,000 s/f. The world's largest urban apparel brand undertook the elegant restoration of a diversity of original design elements that had been hidden by overcladding by tenants prior to the 1968 building purchase. Additional tenants include the Interpublic Group of Companies This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Forbes, Applied Graphics and Mattel. The building is one of dozens that Cohen has left his indelible mark upon during a stellar 55-year real estate career that began in 1950, when he joined Williams Real Estate Co. Inc. The firm had been founded in 1926 by his father, Victor Cohen. |
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