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#Bank note building series
Since 1986, the property has changed hands several times, undergone a series of renovations, and been designated a New York City landmark. Although the plant printed money for countries around the world, it was best known for producing currencies for Latin America, including Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, and Cuba. Production included bank notes, stamps, stock and bond certificates, checks, traveler's checks, letters of credit, lottery tickets, food stamps, and other financial documents. The plant was used by American Bank Note from 1911 until 1986. The block is roughly pentagonal, with Barretto curving to form two sides. The buildings total 405,000 square feet (37,600 m 2), occupying the 178,000 square foot (16,500 m 2) block bordered by Garrison Avenue, Tiffany Street, Lafayette Avenue, and Barretto Street. The small detached North Building is at the rear of the property. The Barretto wing is an addition on the west side of the Garrison wing.
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These two were built first, and constitute the bulk of the complex. The lower, but more massive, Garrison wing is perpendicular to that. It incorporates the main entrance, at the base of an imposing tower. The Lafayette wing, spanning the south side of the block, is the longest and tallest. The main structure includes three interconnected buildings. : 1 In addition to printing paper documents, stamps, and currency, the plant also minted coins, and was thus known by local area residents as The Penny Factory. It was built in 1909 by the American Bank Note Company, contemporaneously with their corporate headquarters in Manhattan. The American Bank Note Company Printing Plant is a repurposed printing plant in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City.