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Topic overview
Seaport and the Civic Center
New York City
Eyewitness Travel New York DK Publishing 2011 p[80]-91 COPYRIGHT 2011 Dorling Kindersley LimitedLondon
Full Text
Seaport and the Civic Center
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE Street by Street South Street Seaport Brooklyn Bridge
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South Street Seaport
Manhattanrsquos busy Civic Center is the hub of the city and the state of the federal governmentsrsquo court systems and thecityrsquos police department In the 1880s it was the heart of the newspaper publishing business as well The area is stilla handsome enclave of imposing architecture with fine landmarks from every period in the cityrsquos history from the20th-century Woolworth Building to 19th-century City Hall and 18th-century St Paulrsquos Chapel New Yorkrsquos oldestbuilding in continuous use Nearby is South Street Seaport Called the ldquostreet of sailsrdquo in the 19th century because ofthe many ships that were moored there the seaport underwent a decline when sailing ships became unprofitable Thearea has been restored and is home to a museum and many shops and restaurants The Brooklyn Bridge once thelargest suspension bridge in the world lies to the north
Shiprsquos figurehead South Street Seaport
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Historic Streets and Buildings
ATampT Building
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Brooklyn Bridge pp86 ndash9
City Hall
Criminal Courts Building
Municipal Building
New York County Courthouse
Old New York County Courthouse
Schermerhorn Row
South Street Seaport
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
United States Courthouse
Woolworth Building
Churches
St Paulrsquos Chapel
Parks and Squares
City Hall Park and Park Row
GETTING THERE
Many subway lines serve the area the 7th AveBroadway 2 and 3 trains to Park Pl or Fulton St the Lexington Ave4 5 and 6 to Brooklyn Bridge the 8th Ave A and C to Chambers St and the R or W to City Hall By bus take theM1 M6 M9 M15 M109 or the M22 crosstown
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SEE ALSO
Street Finder maps 1ndash2 4Restaurants p296
Street by Street South Street Seaport
Part commercial and part historical the development of South Street Seaport has transformed the former heart of the19th-century port of New York which had long been neglected into a lively and pleasant part of the city Tall shipsare once again moored here and shops restaurants and cafeacutes abound The South Street Seaport Museum tells thestory of New Yorkrsquos maritime past through craft demonstrations ship tours and river cruises
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Ship in a bottle
Sidebar Hide
STAR SIGHTS
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
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LOCATOR MAP
See Manhattan Map pp14 ndash15
The Ambrose lightship at a South Street Seaport pier on the East River
South Street Seaport
Fulton St Map 2 E2 Tel (212) SEAPORT
Fulton St
NovndashMar 10amndash7pm MonndashFri 11amndash6pm Sun AprndashOct 10amndash9pm MonndashSat 11amndash 8pm Sun
Concerts
South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton St
(212) 748-8600
AprndashDec 10amndash6pm TuendashSun JanndashMar 10amndash5pm FrindashMon
Jan 1 Thanksgiving Dec 25
Lectures exhibits films
wwwsouthstseaportorg
The heart of New Yorkrsquos 19th-century seaport has been given an imaginative new lease on life Glitzy stores andrestaurants sit harmoniously beside seafaring craft historic buildings and museums with spectacular views ofBrooklyn Bridge and the East River from the cobblestone streets Historic ships berthed here range from the littletugboat WO Decker to the great four-masted sailing ship Peking Mini-trips on the schooner Pioneer are a greatway to see the river
The Museum covers the 12 blocks of what was once Americarsquos leading port Not
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
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South Street Seaport
Manhattanrsquos busy Civic Center is the hub of the city and the state of the federal governmentsrsquo court systems and thecityrsquos police department In the 1880s it was the heart of the newspaper publishing business as well The area is stilla handsome enclave of imposing architecture with fine landmarks from every period in the cityrsquos history from the20th-century Woolworth Building to 19th-century City Hall and 18th-century St Paulrsquos Chapel New Yorkrsquos oldestbuilding in continuous use Nearby is South Street Seaport Called the ldquostreet of sailsrdquo in the 19th century because ofthe many ships that were moored there the seaport underwent a decline when sailing ships became unprofitable Thearea has been restored and is home to a museum and many shops and restaurants The Brooklyn Bridge once thelargest suspension bridge in the world lies to the north
Shiprsquos figurehead South Street Seaport
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Historic Streets and Buildings
ATampT Building
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Brooklyn Bridge pp86 ndash9
City Hall
Criminal Courts Building
Municipal Building
New York County Courthouse
Old New York County Courthouse
Schermerhorn Row
South Street Seaport
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
United States Courthouse
Woolworth Building
Churches
St Paulrsquos Chapel
Parks and Squares
City Hall Park and Park Row
GETTING THERE
Many subway lines serve the area the 7th AveBroadway 2 and 3 trains to Park Pl or Fulton St the Lexington Ave4 5 and 6 to Brooklyn Bridge the 8th Ave A and C to Chambers St and the R or W to City Hall By bus take theM1 M6 M9 M15 M109 or the M22 crosstown
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SEE ALSO
Street Finder maps 1ndash2 4Restaurants p296
Street by Street South Street Seaport
Part commercial and part historical the development of South Street Seaport has transformed the former heart of the19th-century port of New York which had long been neglected into a lively and pleasant part of the city Tall shipsare once again moored here and shops restaurants and cafeacutes abound The South Street Seaport Museum tells thestory of New Yorkrsquos maritime past through craft demonstrations ship tours and river cruises
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Ship in a bottle
Sidebar Hide
STAR SIGHTS
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
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LOCATOR MAP
See Manhattan Map pp14 ndash15
The Ambrose lightship at a South Street Seaport pier on the East River
South Street Seaport
Fulton St Map 2 E2 Tel (212) SEAPORT
Fulton St
NovndashMar 10amndash7pm MonndashFri 11amndash6pm Sun AprndashOct 10amndash9pm MonndashSat 11amndash 8pm Sun
Concerts
South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton St
(212) 748-8600
AprndashDec 10amndash6pm TuendashSun JanndashMar 10amndash5pm FrindashMon
Jan 1 Thanksgiving Dec 25
Lectures exhibits films
wwwsouthstseaportorg
The heart of New Yorkrsquos 19th-century seaport has been given an imaginative new lease on life Glitzy stores andrestaurants sit harmoniously beside seafaring craft historic buildings and museums with spectacular views ofBrooklyn Bridge and the East River from the cobblestone streets Historic ships berthed here range from the littletugboat WO Decker to the great four-masted sailing ship Peking Mini-trips on the schooner Pioneer are a greatway to see the river
The Museum covers the 12 blocks of what was once Americarsquos leading port Not
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
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JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
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MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
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Brooklyn Bridge pp86 ndash9
City Hall
Criminal Courts Building
Municipal Building
New York County Courthouse
Old New York County Courthouse
Schermerhorn Row
South Street Seaport
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
United States Courthouse
Woolworth Building
Churches
St Paulrsquos Chapel
Parks and Squares
City Hall Park and Park Row
GETTING THERE
Many subway lines serve the area the 7th AveBroadway 2 and 3 trains to Park Pl or Fulton St the Lexington Ave4 5 and 6 to Brooklyn Bridge the 8th Ave A and C to Chambers St and the R or W to City Hall By bus take theM1 M6 M9 M15 M109 or the M22 crosstown
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SEE ALSO
Street Finder maps 1ndash2 4Restaurants p296
Street by Street South Street Seaport
Part commercial and part historical the development of South Street Seaport has transformed the former heart of the19th-century port of New York which had long been neglected into a lively and pleasant part of the city Tall shipsare once again moored here and shops restaurants and cafeacutes abound The South Street Seaport Museum tells thestory of New Yorkrsquos maritime past through craft demonstrations ship tours and river cruises
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Ship in a bottle
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STAR SIGHTS
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
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LOCATOR MAP
See Manhattan Map pp14 ndash15
The Ambrose lightship at a South Street Seaport pier on the East River
South Street Seaport
Fulton St Map 2 E2 Tel (212) SEAPORT
Fulton St
NovndashMar 10amndash7pm MonndashFri 11amndash6pm Sun AprndashOct 10amndash9pm MonndashSat 11amndash 8pm Sun
Concerts
South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton St
(212) 748-8600
AprndashDec 10amndash6pm TuendashSun JanndashMar 10amndash5pm FrindashMon
Jan 1 Thanksgiving Dec 25
Lectures exhibits films
wwwsouthstseaportorg
The heart of New Yorkrsquos 19th-century seaport has been given an imaginative new lease on life Glitzy stores andrestaurants sit harmoniously beside seafaring craft historic buildings and museums with spectacular views ofBrooklyn Bridge and the East River from the cobblestone streets Historic ships berthed here range from the littletugboat WO Decker to the great four-masted sailing ship Peking Mini-trips on the schooner Pioneer are a greatway to see the river
The Museum covers the 12 blocks of what was once Americarsquos leading port Not
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
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SEE ALSO
Street Finder maps 1ndash2 4Restaurants p296
Street by Street South Street Seaport
Part commercial and part historical the development of South Street Seaport has transformed the former heart of the19th-century port of New York which had long been neglected into a lively and pleasant part of the city Tall shipsare once again moored here and shops restaurants and cafeacutes abound The South Street Seaport Museum tells thestory of New Yorkrsquos maritime past through craft demonstrations ship tours and river cruises
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Ship in a bottle
Sidebar Hide
STAR SIGHTS
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
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LOCATOR MAP
See Manhattan Map pp14 ndash15
The Ambrose lightship at a South Street Seaport pier on the East River
South Street Seaport
Fulton St Map 2 E2 Tel (212) SEAPORT
Fulton St
NovndashMar 10amndash7pm MonndashFri 11amndash6pm Sun AprndashOct 10amndash9pm MonndashSat 11amndash 8pm Sun
Concerts
South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton St
(212) 748-8600
AprndashDec 10amndash6pm TuendashSun JanndashMar 10amndash5pm FrindashMon
Jan 1 Thanksgiving Dec 25
Lectures exhibits films
wwwsouthstseaportorg
The heart of New Yorkrsquos 19th-century seaport has been given an imaginative new lease on life Glitzy stores andrestaurants sit harmoniously beside seafaring craft historic buildings and museums with spectacular views ofBrooklyn Bridge and the East River from the cobblestone streets Historic ships berthed here range from the littletugboat WO Decker to the great four-masted sailing ship Peking Mini-trips on the schooner Pioneer are a greatway to see the river
The Museum covers the 12 blocks of what was once Americarsquos leading port Not
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
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JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
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Ship in a bottle
Sidebar Hide
STAR SIGHTS
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
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LOCATOR MAP
See Manhattan Map pp14 ndash15
The Ambrose lightship at a South Street Seaport pier on the East River
South Street Seaport
Fulton St Map 2 E2 Tel (212) SEAPORT
Fulton St
NovndashMar 10amndash7pm MonndashFri 11amndash6pm Sun AprndashOct 10amndash9pm MonndashSat 11amndash 8pm Sun
Concerts
South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton St
(212) 748-8600
AprndashDec 10amndash6pm TuendashSun JanndashMar 10amndash5pm FrindashMon
Jan 1 Thanksgiving Dec 25
Lectures exhibits films
wwwsouthstseaportorg
The heart of New Yorkrsquos 19th-century seaport has been given an imaginative new lease on life Glitzy stores andrestaurants sit harmoniously beside seafaring craft historic buildings and museums with spectacular views ofBrooklyn Bridge and the East River from the cobblestone streets Historic ships berthed here range from the littletugboat WO Decker to the great four-masted sailing ship Peking Mini-trips on the schooner Pioneer are a greatway to see the river
The Museum covers the 12 blocks of what was once Americarsquos leading port Not
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
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JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
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MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
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LOCATOR MAP
See Manhattan Map pp14 ndash15
The Ambrose lightship at a South Street Seaport pier on the East River
South Street Seaport
Fulton St Map 2 E2 Tel (212) SEAPORT
Fulton St
NovndashMar 10amndash7pm MonndashFri 11amndash6pm Sun AprndashOct 10amndash9pm MonndashSat 11amndash 8pm Sun
Concerts
South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton St
(212) 748-8600
AprndashDec 10amndash6pm TuendashSun JanndashMar 10amndash5pm FrindashMon
Jan 1 Thanksgiving Dec 25
Lectures exhibits films
wwwsouthstseaportorg
The heart of New Yorkrsquos 19th-century seaport has been given an imaginative new lease on life Glitzy stores andrestaurants sit harmoniously beside seafaring craft historic buildings and museums with spectacular views ofBrooklyn Bridge and the East River from the cobblestone streets Historic ships berthed here range from the littletugboat WO Decker to the great four-masted sailing ship Peking Mini-trips on the schooner Pioneer are a greatway to see the river
The Museum covers the 12 blocks of what was once Americarsquos leading port Not
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
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Restored buildings on Schermerhorn Row
only is it home to the largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels in the US but there are also artifactsartworks and documents from the 19th- and early 20th-century maritime world
The New York City Police Museum (see p76 ) chronicles the history of law enforcement Exhibits include weaponsthe art of fingerprinting and forensics and the arrest records of famous criminals
Fulton Fish Market which was a popular attraction at Seaport for more than 150 years moved to the Bronx in 2006
Schermerhorn Row
Fulton and South Sts Map 2 D3
Fulton St
This is Seaportrsquos architectural showpiece Constructed in 1811 by shipowner and chandler Peter Schermerhorn onland reclaimed from the river the buildings were originally warehouses and counting-houses With the opening ofthe Brooklyn Ferry terminus in 1814 and of Fulton Market in 1822 the block became desirable property
The Row has been restored as part of the South Street development and it now houses 24 museum galleries as wellas shops and restaurants
Brooklyn Bridge
See pp86 ndash9
Criminal Courts Building
100 Centre St Map 4 F5
Canal St
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
This 1939 building is Art Moderne in style with towers reminiscent of a Babylonian temple The three-story-highentrance is set back in a court behind two huge square free-standing granite columns ndash an intimidating sight for theaccused The building also houses the Manhattan Detention Center for Men which was formerly across the street ina building known as ldquoThe Tombsrdquo because of its Egyptian-style architecture The nickname has stuck although theoriginal is long gone An aerial walkway or ldquobridge of sighsrdquo links the courts with the correctional facility acrossCentre Street
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
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The building also houses the night courts where cases are generally heard from 5pm to 1am on weekdays
Entrance to the Criminal Courts Building
New York County Courthouse
60 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash 5pm MonndashFri
public hols
Built to replace the Tweed Courthouse (see p90 ) this county supreme court house was completed in 1926
The fluted Corinthian portico at the top of a wide staircase is the main feature of the hexagonal building The austereexterior is offset by a circular-columned interior rotunda featuring Tiffany lighting fixtures and a series of richmarble and ceiling murals by Attilio Pusterla on themes of law and justice Six wings radiate from the rotunda eachhousing a single court and its facilities
The courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men starring Henry Fonda was filmed here
New York County Courthouse
United States Courthouse
40 Centre St Map 2 D1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
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This courthouse was the last project undertaken by noted architect Cass Gilbert designer of the Woolworth Building(see p91 ) Begun in 1933 the year before his death it was finished by his son The
United States Courthouse
31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set on a classical temple base The bronzework on the doors ishandsome but the interior lacks the colorful decoration Gilbert had outlined in his sketchbooks Aerial walkwayslink the building with its Police Plaza Annex
Municipal Building
1 Centre St Map 1 C1
Brooklyn Br-City Hall
The Municipal Building constructed in 1914 dominates the Civic Center and straddles Chambers Street It wasMcKim Mead amp Whitersquos first skyscraper and houses government offices and a marriage chapel The exterior inharmony with City Hall has no excess detail to detract from the earlier building The most notable feature is the topa fantasy of towers capped by Adolph Wienmanrsquos statue Civic Fame
A railway passage (no longer in use) through the base and the plaza joining the Municipal Building to the entranceof the IRT subway station were built as concessions to modern transportation needs The building has had a far-reaching influence on architectural style the main building at Moscow University is said to have been modeled onits design
Surrogatersquos Court Hall of Records
31 Chambers St Map 1 C1
City Hall
9amndash5pm MonndashFri
public hols
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
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A Beaux Arts triumph the original Hall of Records was begun in 1899 and completed in 1911 The elaboratecolumned facade is of white Maine granite with a high mansard roof The figures by Henry K Bush-Brown in theroof area represent lifersquos stages from childhood to old age the statues by Philip Martiny over the colonnade are ofnotable New Yorkers such as Peter
Municipal Building
Stuyvesant Martiny also made the representations of New York in its infancy and New York in revolutionary timesat the Chambers Street entrance
The Paris Opeacutera Garnier was the inspiration for the twin marble stairways and painted ceiling of the dazzling centralhall The ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge features the signs of the zodiac and symbols of recordkeeping
The restored Hall of Records holds public records dating back to 1664 A permanent exhibition Windows on theArchives features historical papers drawings letters and photo graphs illustrating what life was like in New Yorkfrom 1626 to the present
Surrogatersquos Court
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge and the first to be constructed of steelEngineer John A Roebling conceived of a bridge spanning the East River while ice-bound on a ferry to BrooklynThe bridge took 16 years to build required 600 workers and claimed over 20 lives including Roeblingrsquos Most died
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Page 87 |
Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
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of caisson disease (known as ldquothe bendsrdquo) after coming up from the underwater excavation chambers Whenfinished the bridge linked Manhattan and Brooklyn then two separate cities
Souvenir medal cast for the opening of the bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
From making the wire to sinking the supports the bridge was built using new techniques
Anchorage The ends of the bridgersquos four steel cables are fastened to a series of anchor bars held in place by anchorplates These are held down by giant granite vaults up to three stories high Their vast interiors once used forstorage are now used for summer art displays
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
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Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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Page 89 |
1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
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Page 87 |
Anchor Plates Each of the four castiron anchor plates holds one cable The masonry was built up around them afterthey were placed in position
Central span is 1595 ft (486 m) long
Roadway from anchorage to anchorage is 3579 ft (1091 m)
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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Page 89 |
1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Page 90 |
Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
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First Crossing Master mechanic EF Farrington in 1876 was the first to cross the river on the bridge-in-progressusing a steam-driven traveler rope His journey took 22 minutes
Sidebar Hide
VISITORSrsquo CHECKLIST
Map 2 D2
J M Z to Chambers St 4 5 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (Manhattan side) A C to High St (Brooklyn side)
M9 M15 M22 M103
Steel Cable Wire Each cable contains 3515 miles (5657 km) of wire galvanized with zinc for protection from thewind rain and snow
Brooklyn Tower (1875) Two Gothic double arches each 271 ft (83 m) high one in Brooklyn the other inManhattan were meant to be the portals of the cities
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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Page 89 |
1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
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Inside the Caisson Immigrant workers broke up rocks in the riverbed
Sidebar Hide
JOHN A ROEBLING
The German-born Roebling designed the bridge In 1869 just before construction started his foot was crushedbetween an incoming ferry and the ferry slip He died three weeks later His son Washington Roebling finished thebridge but in 1872 he was taken from a caisson suffering from the bends and became partly paralyzed His wifeunder his tutelage then took over
Sidebar Hide
MAKING THE CABLES
Thickness of steel wire (actual size)
End of wire
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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Page 89 |
1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Page 90 |
Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
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Cable Wrapping Wire was wound off the drum and around the cable to form a tight final wrapping
How the Cables Were Made Each of the four main cables has 19 strands each made of 278 steel wires The wireswere not twisted but laid parallel
The 19 strands of a main cable
The strands were laid in order after the bottom 12 strands were laid the center strands were bound together
A massive iron clamp compressed all the strands into an even cylinder once they had been positioned
Bustling Bridge This 1883 view from the Manhattan side shows the original two outer lanes for horse-drawncarriages two middle lanes for cable cars and the elevated center walkway
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Page 89 |
1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Page 90 |
Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2021
Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
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Page 89 |
1983 Centennial Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrating the bridgersquos 100th year this display wasawesome
Panic of May 30 1883 After a woman tripped on the bridge panic broke out Of the estimated 20000 people on thebridge 12 were crushed to death
Holding the Cables Saddle plates anchor the cables at the top of each of the two towers
Nearing Completion (1883) Vertical suspender wires lashed to diagonal stays hold the floor beams in place
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Page 90 |
Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2121
The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Page 90 |
Floor Beams The steel floor beams weigh 4 tons each
Odlumrsquos Jump Robert Odlum was the first to jump off the bridge on a bet in May 1885 He later died frominternal bleeding
Elevated Walkway Poet Walt Whitman said that the view from the walkway ndash18 ft (55 m) above the road ndash wasldquothe best most effective medicine my soul has yet partakenrdquo
Old New York County Courthouse
52 Chambers St Map 1 C1
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 1921
Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2021
Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2121
The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Chambers St-City Hall
included in City Hall tour
This building is best known for the scandal it caused It is nicknamed the ldquoTweed Courthouserdquo for the political bosswho spent 20 times the budget for the building and pocketed $9 million of the total $14 million cost ldquoBossrdquo Tweedeven bought a marble quarry and sold materials to the city at huge profit Public outrage eventually led to hisdownfall in 1871 ndash ironically he was tried in his own courthouse and died in a New York jail (see p27 )
After an $85 million restoration including the 85-ft (26-m) rotunda and the grand staircase this vibrant 19th-centurylandmark became the home of the Department of Education
City Hallrsquos imposing early 19th-century facade
City Hall
City Hall Park Map 1 C1 Tel 311
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Pl
for prearranged tours only
(212) NEW-YORK
City Hall has been the seat of the New York city government since 1812 and is one of the finest examples of early19th-century American architecture A stately Federal-style building (with some influences from the FrenchRenaissance) it was
PT Barnumrsquos museum blazes in 1865 as crowds watch from City Hall Park
designed by John McComb Jr the first prominent American-born architect and the French emigreacute Joseph Mangin
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 1921
Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2021
Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2121
The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 1921
Page 91 |
Marble cladding was not used for the buildingrsquos rear since it was not expected that the city would ever developfarther to the north In 1954 a program of restoration remedied this and the interior was refurbished
Mangin is usually given credit for designing the exterior and McComb for the beautiful interior with its fine domedrotunda encircled by 10 columns The space beneath it opens onto an elegant marble stairway leading to thesplendid second-floor City Council chambers and the Governorrsquos Room which houses a portrait gallery of earlyNew York leaders This magnificent entrance has welcomed rulers and heroes for nearly 200 years In 1865Abraham Lincolnrsquos body lay in state in this hall
Stand on the steps and look to your right to see a statue of Nathan Hale a US soldier hanged by the British as a spyin September 1776 during the Revolutionary War
His last words ndash ldquoMy only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in the service of my countryrdquo ndash wonhim a permanent place in the history books and hearts of America
City Hall Park and Park Row
Map 1 C2
Brooklyn Br-City Hall Park Plc
This was New Yorkrsquos village green 250 years ago complete with stocks and whipping post It was the scene of pre-Revolution protests against English rule and there is a memorial to the ldquoLiberty Polesrdquo (symbols of revolt) on CityHallrsquos west lawn The Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington and his troops here on July 91776
Later Phineas T Barnumrsquos American Museum at the parkrsquos southern tip drew crowds from 1842 until it burneddown in 1865 The Park Row building was the site of the Park Theater From 1798 to 1848 the best actors of theday such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble performed there Park Row runs along the east side of City HallPark Once called ldquoNewspaper Rowrdquo it was lined with the lofty offices of the Sun World Tribune and otherpapers
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing House Square
Printing House Square has a statue of Benjamin Franklin with his Pennsylvania Gazette
City Hall Park is a green space used by those working nearby as a peaceful place to sit and relax
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2021
Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
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Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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Woolworth Building
233 Broadway Map 1 C2
to the public
City Hall Park Pl
Bas-relief caricature of architect Gilbert in the Woolworth lobby
In 1879 salesclerk Frank W Woolworth opened a new kind of store where shoppers could see and touch the goodsand everything cost five cents The chain of stores that followed made him a fortune and changed retailing forever
The 1913 Gothic headquarters of his empire was New Yorkrsquos tallest building until 1930 It set the standard for thegreat skyscrapers Architect Cass Gilbertrsquos soaring two-tiered design adorned with gargoyles of bats and otherwildlife is topped with a pyramid roof flying buttresses pinnacles and four small towers The marble interior isrich with filigree sculptured reliefs and painted decoration and has a high glass-tile mosaic ceiling that almostseems to glow The lobby is one of the cityrsquos treasures Gilbert showed his sense of humor here in bas-reliefcaricatures of the founder counting out his fortune in nickels and dimes of the real-estate broker closing a deal andof Cass Gilbert himself cradling a large model of the building Paid for with $135 million in cash the building hasnever had a mortgage Woolworthrsquos went out of business in 1997 The building is now owned by the Witkoff Group
St Paulrsquos Chapel
209ndash211 Broadway Map 1 C2 Tel (212) 233-4164
Fulton St
10amndash6pm MonndashSat 9amndash4pm Sun
most public hols
1230pm Wed 8am 10am Sun
by appt Concerts 1pm Mon wwwsaintpaulschapelorg
Miraculously untouched when the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001 St Paulrsquos is Manhattanrsquos onlyextant church built before the Revolutionary
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
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The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016
1042014 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Seaport and the Civic Center
httpgogalegroupcompsretrievedosgHitCountType=NoneampisETOC=trueampinPS=trueampprodId=GVRLampuserGroupName=nyplampresultListType=REhellip 2121
The Georgian interior of St Paulrsquos Chapel
War It is a Georgian gem The colorful interior lit by Water-ford chandeliers is the setting for free concerts Thepew where newly inaugurated George Washington prayed has been preserved In the churchyard the ActorrsquosMonument com memorates George F Cooke who played many great roles at the Park Theater he drank himself todeath at the Shakespeare Tavern on Fulton Street The chapelrsquos ldquoUnwavering Spiritrdquo exhibition chronicles thevolunteer efforts after September 11
ATampT Building
195 Broadway Map 1 C2
Broadway-Nassau Fulton St
office hours
This former headquarters was designed by Welles Bosworth from 1915 to 1922 The facade is said to have morecolumns than any other building in the world and the interior of the building is a forest of marble pillars The wholeedifice looks like a gigantic square-topped layer cake
A sea sprite above the door of the ATampT (American Telephone and Telegraph) Building
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Seaport and the Civic Center New York City New York DK Publishing 2011 [80]-91 Eyewitness Travel GaleVirtual Reference Library Web 4 Oct 2014
Document URLhttpgogalegroupcompsidoid=GALE7CCX2127600016ampv=21ampu=nyplampit=rampp=GVRLampsw=wampasid=f6f0007eb633931a7205edda31c504c5
Gale Document Number GALE|CX2127600016