A new chapter inside historic walls

Flatiron District has been a neighborhood built by amazing ideas, home to the writers, publishers, and architects who shaped New York’s creative life, and Norte’s building, raised in 1910 by Maynicke & Franke, carries that same legacy of craftsmanship and reinvention.

Here, the culture of the asador takes its place on that same stage, adding new fire and excitement to a room that has long lived through Manhattan’s life.

Scaffolding along 19th Street, looking down the block

The block under scaffolding, seen from the middle of the street

The 1910 brick facade of the building, seen from the sidewalk

The covered sidewalk running under the construction scaffolding

The doorway of the building during the restoration, one door open

Lumber and a work lamp inside the dining room under construction

The steel frame of the room, still without finishes

The double height room and the mezzanine above it

The corridor with an exposed brick wall at the end

The brick cellar beneath the dining room, lit by a single bulb

Norte: Artist Residency by Loreto Villarreal

New York, August 2026

From the series “Geografía del Oficio”. The people and trades behind the making of Norte.

Analog photograph
Leica · Ilford film