44 Union Square

The building you are approaching, forty-four Union Square, is best known as the final headquarters of the Tammany Society, the legendary and often notorious political machine that dominated New York City life for generations. Completed in nineteen twenty-nine, the structure was designed to project an image of colonial respectability with its neo-Georgian brick facade. While the organization was famous for its immense influence on local elections and city patronage, this building represents the tail end of that era, serving as the group's home until their political power faded in the nineteen thirties.