# 100 West 33rd Street

New York City, NY · big-box · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-09a81a9367` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/ny/new-york-city-100-west-33rd-street/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-09a81a9367.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-09a81a9367.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-09a81a9367

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | office, retail | none |
| What is there now | As of 2022, the former mall concourse functions as a large lobby for the office space above. The building allows direct access to Sixth Avenue, and has entrances to the New York City Subway's 34th Street–Herald Square station and the PATH's 33rd Street station on the second basement level. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “designed by Daniel Burnham” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Gimbels

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

100 West 33rd Street is a building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States. It was designed by Daniel Burnham, and opened in 1929. It was the flagship store of the Gimbels department store chain until 1986. Abraham & Straus replaced Gimbels in 1989, was converted to Stern's in 1995, and closed in 2001. JCPenney filled the vacancy in 2009 and closed in 2020.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_West_33rd_Street

## Sources

- 100 West 33rd Street — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_West_33rd_Street

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "100 West 33rd Street, New York City, NY." Record n-09a81a9367, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/ny/new-york-city-100-west-33rd-street/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_newyorkcity100west33rdstreet,
  title = {100 West 33rd Street, New York City, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/ny/new-york-city-100-west-33rd-street/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-09a81a9367, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.