MAS Proposed Downtown Landmark #2

Where: 386-388 Fulton Street
When: 1925
Why: Schrafft’s, a popular mid-priced restaurant chain favored, in particular, by women shoppers, expanded in the 1920’s, building or leasing space in New York City’s prime shopping districts. This neo-gothic limestone building still retains iron shop fronts emblazoned with the Schrafft’s name. A portion of the ground floor and mezzanine and the entire second floor were used by John david, a clothier. The ground floor and mezzanine were used for furnishings and hats, and the upper floor was used for a clothing department. In 1940, the building hosted the headquarters of the Associated Willkie Club.
Architecturally Significant Buildings [Municipal Arts Society] GMAP