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Line 113: | caption2 = }} In 2008, all of the buildings on the Lafayette Avenue block were designated a historic landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation .<ref name="nyc.lpc-report" />{{Rp|4}} These buildings were constructed in several stages.▼ === Construction === The initial 1911 construction consisted of only two buildings; the long office wing along Lafayette Avenue, and the large press building at right angles to it.<ref name="nyc.lpc-report">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/American_Bank_Note%20.pdf|title=American Bank Note Company Printing Plant|author=Landmarks Preservation Commission|date=February 5, 2008|work=nyc.gov|language=|id=Designation List 400, LP-2298|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207232957/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/American_Bank_Note%20.pdf|archive-date=February 7, 2017|accessdate=February 3, 2018|quote=}}</ref>{{Rp|4}} Typical of printing plants, the buildings have an open floor plan, [[concrete]] floors, and high ceilings, to accommodate large presses.<ref name="nyti_Stre" /> [[File:American Bank Note Engraving Room.jpg|thumb|Engravers at work, c. 1912.|alt=]] Line 131: The area to the west of the press building, along Tiffany Street and Garrison Avenue, originally had manicured lawns, a curved driveway, and a pedestrian walk flanked by lampposts. The lawns have since been turned into a paved parking lot, and most of the lampposts have been removed.<ref name="nyc.lpc-report" />{{Rp|9}} ▲In 2008, all of the buildings on the Lafayette Avenue block were designated a historic landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation .<ref name="nyc.lpc-report" />{{Rp|4}} ===Other buildings===▼ ▲=== Other buildings === In addition to the buildings on the landmark block, American Bank Note built a number of other buildings in the immediate area. In 1913, there was built an employee welfare and research building on Lafayette Avenue, on the other side of Barretto Street, also designed by H. W. Butts. A distribution center was added in 1925 and a paper storage warehouse in 1949.<ref name="nyc.lpc-report" />{{Rp|5}} These additional buildings are mentioned (with their exact location and current disposition unspecified) in the Landmarks Preservation Commission report, but explicitly excluded from the landmark designation.<ref name="nyc.lpc-report" />{{Rp|5}} | |||