Tony Goldman, an eye for an investor to identify areas of rejuvenation spoiled first brought to life in Manhattan SoHo in 1970 and South Beach in Florida in 80 years, died Tuesday in Manhattan.
The cause was heart failure, his wife, Janet Goldman, said.
Goldman does not like to be called a developer. "Developers are hitting 'em down, rebuild guys," he told the New York Times in 2000. "That's not me." Instead, they saw it as a long-term investor in the revitalization of historic neighborhoods.
In 1976, while walking through the ruins producing district south of Houston Street, once known as Hell 100 acres, was attracted by the imposing architecture of cast iron and noticed that the factory spacious loft that can be an attractive place to live.
"I saw the architecture of the neighborhood aura," said Goldman Preservation, the magazine of the National Historic Trust in 2010. "The district cast express a strong sense of place that does not exist, does not exist in many places around the world. Tissue It was the historic first that caught my attention and interest."
He bought and renovated 18 buildings, including Palau Greene Street SoHo, making it a larger area and higher mixed-use office building. In a neighborhood taverns scruffy artists' open restaurants to attract a young and chic: the first Greene Street Cafe, a jazz supper club, then the Soho Kitchen and Bar, an ancestor of the wine bar.
Roberta Brandes Gratz, author of several books on urban lifestyles and former member of the New York City Historical Preservation Commission, said Goldman's genius was to recognize not only the value of the old buildings, but also the importance of context.
"He understands what makes a neighborhood is the diversity of uses," he said. "The restaurants put people on the streets and add vitality. Persons wishing to remain in the city wanted to walk and not drive to services."
During a trip to a developer conference in Miami in 1985, Mr. Goldman was with local conservationists to see the Art Deco hotels in ruins along a stretch of turquoise sea in Miami Beach. Seeing the potential of the area began to buy - a building per month for 18 months.
With a talent for self-promotion, even said that he had "discovered" South Beach, but that was ten years in the making, when he began to put on them. Never mind, said Michael D. Kinerk, president emeritus of the Miami Design Preservation League, the keeper of the historic Miami Beach. "It was not the first, but it was time, and he was the greatest and most visionary."
Mr. Kinerk said that unlike other developers, Mr. Goldman was estimated conservation savings Interior Art Deco gems, as well as your outdoor furniture with antiques and old photographs framed.
Although some of his bets were disappointing, particularly a joint development effort with Archon Group in Boston, has been a success, as well as South Beach and SoHo. He helped revive the Rittenhouse Square area of ??Philadelphia and Wall Street after sunset in 1990 with the opening of the Wall Street Kitchen & Bar in building and notes Stone Street Tavern and loft . In his last years, has concentrated on the development of Wynwood, an industrial arts in Miami.
Goldman won the Louise du Pont Crowninshield by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2010 for his career.
Anthony Richard Goldman, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware, December 6, 1943, was adopted by Charles Goldman and Tillie, a couple who lived prosperous Upper East Side of Manhattan. He worked in a coat factory from his father for 15 years to learn the trade.
Goldman went to Emerson College in Boston, where, on the first day of orientation, he met Janet Ehrlich. They married in 1966, the same year he graduated with a degree in drama.
After returning to New York, Mr. Goldman learned real estate from an uncle. "He would stay up late and brought his Scottish uncle," recalled Ms. Goldman, "and talked about real estate, and this is where he got his foundation in business."
In 1968, he hit on his own and founded the Society of Goldman Properties, who has worked primarily in the Upper West Side. He lived in SoHo.
He and his wife had two children, but in early 1970, deciding to marry very young, divorced, said Goldman. In retrospect, he said, "was a good thing -. Has allowed us to expand and try new things"
Goldman just opened the Greene Street Cafe, an investment company that gave him a place to go and sing without being kicked off the stage, the lady said Goldman. "Tony was a crooner," he said.
She and Mr. Goldman was remarried in 1977, and finally, two children, Jessica and Joey Goldman Goldman Srebnick, joined the company. Ms. Goldman Srebnick become the CEO of Goldman Properties.
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