Storied Leica Camera is opening a flagship in the Meatpacking District as a destination for photography — with sales and a gallery, plus classroom, event and outdoor space, The former veal market, construction office and hardware building at 406 W. 13th St. has been a midblock eyesore, but the plans for its complete facelift Format Architecture to create a modern industrial scheme for the small property located in the Gansevoort Market Historic District between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street.Renovations include an expansion to 4,000 square feet, new metal surround store windows, a new beige brick façade with a 13-by-14-foot artistic window covered in beige brick latticework, a new 500-square-foot mezzanine plus a new 1,000-square-foot outdoor terrace in the rear — all of which was previously approved by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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