#81 The Puck Building "What Fools These Mortals Be!"

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2009

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A 6-foot plump gold impish figure stares down at you as you look up to observe the gorgeous red-brick design of the Puck Building, built for one of the 19th Century's most popular illustrated publications. But this architectural masterpiece was very nearly wiped away by a sudden decision by the city. How did it survive? Puck's utterance "What Fools These Mortals Be!" is the slogan for Puck Magazine and words written by Shakespeare. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Hi there, welcome to the Barry Boy's Archive feed.
0:03.5	This is Greg Young, presenting a solo show that I recorded and released back on April 23rd,
0:10.5	2009.
0:11.8	That is the story of the puck building that unusual structure at Howston and Lafayette
0:17.2	in the Soho Nolita area.
0:19.5	Its history has much changed since this show was recorded back in 2009, so stick around
0:26.4	until the end of the show where I'll give you the current fate of the puck building.
0:32.3	So enjoy this little tale of the mischievous little puck.
0:38.6	The Barry Boy's episode 81, The Puck Building, what fools these mortals be.
0:44.1	Hey, it's the Barry Boy's.
0:46.1	Hey.
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1:00.1	Hi there, welcome to the Barry Boy's.
1:02.2	This is Greg Young with a solo show for you this week, and I'm actually going a little
1:05.9	bit off the beaten path with this one.
1:07.7	To look at a building that's actually a favorite, I think, of a lot of Native New Yorkers,
1:11.6	but it may not be as quiet as well known to many who are living outside of the city.
1:16.6	I'm talking, of course, about that most whimsical building in all of downtown Manhattan.
1:21.2	The Red Brick, Roman Revival-esque puck building.
1:24.7	Now New Yorkers know and love it, not just for its unique architecture, but for that
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