The Architectural Evolution of Lower Manhattan From Approximately 1880 Tour 10 Reade Street (south side)/ New Chambers Street (south side) to Brooklyn Bridge Broadway (east side) to South Street (west side) Douglas R. McKibben Tour 10 Section 1 (of 2) Views of Extant Sites Views of Sites Since Demolished 1 Manhattan Municipal Building A 6 to 20 Chambers Street 2 New York City Hall B 36 Park Row 3 Tweed Court House C Staats-Zeitung Building 4 Hall of Records Building D Pulitzer Building 5 Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank E Hall of Records Building 6 New York Sun Building F Court of General Sessions Building G Hook & Ladder No. 1, Engine Company No. 7 H 12 to 10 Centre Street I 11 Reade Street J American News Company Building K Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company Building L 37 Reade Street Tour 10 Map Section 1 (of 2) I L 5 6 4 K J 1 A B H G F 3 C E 2 D This is the link for map used for this tour (Bromley, 1930). Use it to enlarge and examine areas in detail: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/068fd0d0-2179-0132-a00c-58d385a7b928 Manhattan Municipal Building 1 1-15 Center Street Site before construction, circa 1891 Built:1914 Architects: McKim, Mead & White Beaux-arts/historism 34 stories, 580 feet circa 1914 Corinthian colonnade based on Bernini’s at St. Peter’s. First building to incorporate a subway station as integral part of its base. Prototype for Cleveland’s Terminal Tower, Detroit’s Fisher Building and Chicago’s Wrigley Building Figure source: George Bromley, cartographer Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library.(1891). Plate 2 [Map bounded by Jay St., Thomas St., Pearl St., William St., Liberty St., Hudson River Photo by: Irving Underhill, collection of the Museum of the City of New York A circa 1898 6 to 20 Chambers Street South side between Centre Street and Park Row Razed to build Manhattan Municipal Building Photo by: Robert L. Bracklow, collection of the New York Historical Society circa 1905 B 36 Park Row SW corner Chambers Street Razed to build Manhattan Municipal Building Photo by: George F. Arata, collection of the Museum of the City of New York Staats-Zeitung Building C 2-4 Centre Street 72-74 Park Row, Tyron Row circa 1875 Built 1872, razed 1907 Architect: Henry Fernbach (William Schickel) French Second Empire Five stories Razed to build Manhattan Municipal Building Image source: Collection of the Museum of the City of New York Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). Plate 6, Part of Section 1: [Bounded by Reade Street, Duane Street, New Chambers Street, Roosevelt Street, Cherry Street, Franklin Square, Frankfort Street, Cliff Street, Beekman Street, Gold Street and Ann Street] Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-554d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 circa 1909 D New York World Building a.k.a. Pulitzer Building 53-63 Park Row NE corner (2-16) Frankfort Street N. William Street to the Brooklyn Bridge Built 1890, razed 1955 Architect: George B. Post 20 stories, 349 feet Used a hybrid cage frame in which steel framing was used to support interior walls but the exterior masonry walls contributed to lateral stability and vertical support. Columns embedded in was carried floor loads and transferred lateral forces between the frame and the masonry. The facade was red sandstone, brick and terra-cotta, with red and gray granite at the arched entryway. First building in New York to surpass the 284-foot spire of Trinity Church. Demolished in 1955 for the expanded automobile entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, Photo by: Geo. P. Hall &Son, collection of New York Historical Society circa 1890 E Hall of Records Demolished 1911 Formerly New Gaol, a.k.a. Register’s Office SW corner Park Row and Centre Street. Photo source: J. Clarence Davies Street Views Scrapbook, collection of the Museum of the City of New York 2 New York City Hall Built: 1819 Architects: John McComb, Jr., Joseph Francois Mangin Renaissance revival Two stories, 216 feet Photo by: George P. Hall & Son, collection of the Museum of the City of New York circa 1929 3 Tweed Courthouse a.k.a. Old New York County Courthouse 52 Chambers Street Built: 1881 Architects: John Kellum, Leopold Eidlitz Three and a half stories Cost between $8 million and $12.5 million, three quarters of which were diverted to Boss Tweed and his Ring. Occupied by New York City Department of Education after its 2001 renovation. Photo by: Irving Underhill, collection of the Museum of the City of New York circa 1898 F Court of General Sessions Building a.k.a. City Court Building (circa 1916) 32 Chamber Street razed Photo by: Robert L. Bracklow, collection of the New York Historical Society G Hook and Ladder Company No.1 Engine Company No. 7 SW corner Chambers and Centre Streets circa 1892 G Image source: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-554d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Image source: King’s Handbook of New York City 1892, pg. 490 circa 1907 H 12 to 10 Centre Street SE corner Chambers Street Razed to build Manhattan Municipal Building Photo by: George F. Arata, collection of the Museum of the City of New York 4 Hall of Records/Surrogates Court 31 (25-35) Chambers Street Elk Street, 19-21 Centre Street, 1-13 Reade Street Built: 1907 (construction began circa 1900) Architects: Horgan & Slattery, John R. Thomas Beaux-arts/historism Eight and a half stories, 94 feet Exterior features 54 sculptures Philip Martiny and Henry Kirke Bush-Brown representing both allegorical figures — such as New York in Its Infancy, New York in Revolutionary Times, Philosophy, Law, and the seasons — and eminent figures from the city's past. The building has had few alterations aside from the removal of some Martiny’s statues facing Centre Street when that street was Photo source: J. Clarence Davies Street Views Scrapbook, collection of Museum of the City of New York widened in 1961. Those statues, Authority and Justice, are at the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street circa 1900 I 11 Reade Street Razed to build Surrogates Court/Hall of Records and to extend Elm Street between Reade and Chambers Streets Image source: collection of the Museum of the City of New York J American News Company Building a.k.a. M. B. Brown Printing & Binding Building 37-41 Chambers Street circa 1947 Elk (formerly Elm) Street and 13-19 Reade Street Razed, currently empty lot Elk (now Elm) Street did not extend between Chambers and Reade Streets until sometime after 1897. Image source: J Clarence Davies Scrapbook, Photo by: Wurts Bros. collection of the Museum of the City of New York collection of the Museum of the City of New York Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building 5 a.k.a. NYC Parking Violations Bureau Previous Emigrant building 51 (43-51) Chambers Street on same sit 15-29 Reade Street Built: 1912 Architect: Raymond Armrail Beaux-arts 17 stories, 188 feet First skyscraper to use the "H" lay-out, to provide light and air to more parts of the building Photo source: Wurts Bros.,, collection of Photo by: George P. Hall & son, the Museum of the City of New York collection of NY historical Society circa 1892 K Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company Building 43-47 Chambers Street Purchased building in 1868. Manufacturer of builder’s hardware including locks, knobs, bolts and screws. Principal plants in New Britain, Connecticut. Building razed circa 1911 to construct Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building. Image source: King’s Handbook of New York 1892, pg. 870 6 circa 1917 A. T. Stewart Dry Goods Store a.k.a. New York Sun Building 280 (274-286) Broadway NE corner (53-63) Chambers Street Built: 1846 (renovated 1884) Renaissance revival Seven stories, 78 feet A. T. Stewart Dry Goods was the City's first department store. Its size and location spurred development along Broadway north of City Hall. An early example of renaissance revival architecture in New York City. The sixth and seventh stories were added in 1884. Home of New York Sun from 1917 to 1952 when paper closed. Photo by: William D. Hassler, collection of the New York Historical Society L 37 Reade Street Formerly located on the site of the Stewart Building, later known as the Sun Building Image source: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1887 - 1986). Reade Street #55-61 - Broadway - Church Street Tour 10 – Section 2 (of 2) Views of Sites Since Demolished A 350-352 Pearl Street W 395 Pearl Street B 42 Cherry Street X 399 Pearl Street C 91-93 and 95-97 Roosevelt Street Y Scott & Browne Building D 71 Roosevelt Street Z Parking Garage E 62 New Chambers Street AA Munro Building and 29-31 Vandewater Street F 59 New Chambers Street BB 11 Vandewater Street G 71 New Chambers Street CC 17-23 Rose Street H 14 Batavia Street DD Parking Garage I 72 New Chambers Street EE Cosmopolitan Warehouse J 75-79 New Chambers Street FF Parking Garage K 75 to 89 New chambers Street GG Ellis Building L 3 James Slip HH 39-41 Rose Street M 5 to 9 James Slip II Rhinelander Building N 9 to 19 James Slip JJ 414-416 Pearl Street O 177 to 185 South Street KK 36 New Chambers Street P 90-92 Roosevelt Street LL The Recorder Printing Plant Q 76 and 78 Roosevelt Street MM Newsboy Lodging House R 58-60 New Chambers Street NN Rhinelander Sugar Company Building S NYPD 3rd Precinct Station OO Metropolitan Realty Building T 386 Pearl Street PP 12 Duane Street U 369 Pearl Street QQ 20 and 22-24 North William Street V Hogan & Son Steel Company RR White Tower Restaurant Tour 10 Map Section 2 (of 2) Page 1 (of 2) LL KK JJ OO MM R Y NN RR D II S HH X QQ W GG FF EE AA T Z C PP DD V B CC U BB A This is the link for map used for this tour (Bromley, 1930).