#parkrow

These photos from the 1890s - 1930s show Chatham Square's elevated train lines. Just south of the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, the tracks soared over the intersections of eight streets (Bowery, Doyers Street, East Broadway, St. James Place, Mott Street, Oliver Street, Worth Street, and Centre). The station connected the Second and Third Avenue lines on two levels, which would eventually be torn down in 1942 and 1955, with the anticipation of the Second Avenue Subway. Tap to purchase a fine-art print. Our #CyberWeek 40% OFF sale ends tomorrow! #subway #railfan #chathamsquare #chinatown #manhattanbridge #bowery #manhattan #nyctransit #train #railroad #elevated #nyc #nychistory #nyhistory #skyline #skyscraper #parkrow #lowereastside #chinatownnyc #twobridges #brooklynbridge (at Chatham Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yDgDjnaWR/?igshid=f0tq4i04vb5n

How many of you guys are going to @beaulitfulcon?

The hidden pool inside the Woolworth Building that once belonged to the building's owner and developer Frank W. Woolworth, was recently restored and unveiled this week! The pool has always been a mystery to skyscraper enthusiasts, sitting drained and abandoned for the last two decades. The 'Cathedral of Commerce" as the Woolworth was known, was built in 1913 – at the time the tallest building in the world – for American retail giant, the F. W. Woolworth Company. When designing the tower, Woolworth and his architect Cass Gilbert planned to include a swimming pool and Turkish bath in the basement, lined with marble. Some accounts say the amenities were actually included to attract tenants to the building at a time when there was a surplus of commercial office space in Lower Manhattan, not for Woolworth's personal use. A prospectus on the building from 1913 lists the pool and bath along with the building's other features. The 15-by-55-foot pool was drained in 1999, only to be recently restored by Alchemy Properties, who has converted the top thirty stories of the tower for thirty-three luxury rresidences. This week we got to visit the pool, which had just received its permits to operate. #woolworthbuilding #woolworthresidences #skyscraper #skyline #hiddennyc #manhattan #newyorkcity #nyc #downtownnyc #parkrow #cathedralofcomerce #alchemyproperties #woolworth #cassgilbert #architect #architecture #urbannism #nycurbanism #nyhistory #nychistory (at Woolworth Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xeyY0nsfX/?igshid=3tbmss1fwzot

𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬 When completed in 1899 the Park Row Building was the tallest office building in the world, holding the title for almost a decade until the completion of the Singer Building in 1908. The 391-foot skyscraper, designed by architect R.H. Robertson, featured twin three-story domed cupolas adorned by classical female figures representing commerce. The St. Paul Building (right) opened a year before the Park Row Building, rising to a height of 315 feet. Designed by Stock Exchange architect George B. Post, the ornamented tower was demolished in 1958 to make way for the modern 222 Broadway. Tap to view in high-resolution or purchase a fine-art print. #nyhistory #nychistory #parkrow #parkrowbuilding #15parkrow #21parkrow #25parkrow #architecture #rhrobertson #georgebpost #manhattan #architecturehistory #brooklyn #skyscraper #skyline #urban #urbanism #urbanhistory #nycrealestate #historicpreservation #cupola #nycurbanism (at Park Row (Manhattan)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4f3Gd0Hh08/?igshid=iqws0vk355op

Lower Manhattan looking south down Broadway on a cold winter day. Circa 1900. #nychistory #manhattan #fidi #batteryparkcity #broadwaynyc #parkrow #architecture #nycarchitecture #skyscraper #skyline #nyc #downtownnyc #wtc #newyorkhistory #nyhistory #historicphotography #urbanism #nycurbanism (at Lower Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtV-AR5HRrH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1591ldlu5lt1f

Park Row from Chatham Square, 1932 #historicphotography #urbanism #nychistory #manhattanhistory #municipalbuilding #parkrowbuilding #parkrow #chathamsquare #ny1pic #nycurbanism #subway #transit #peaktransit #thurgoodmarshallcourthouse #cassgilbert #beauxarts (at Chatham Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCXYohHSov/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u2akpa35v6w2

A new proposal from the Downtown Alliance calls for improving the streetscape surrounding the New York Stock Exchange and #FederalHall, creating a more inviting and pedestrian-friendly environment. For the last two decades, the area has become a fortified security zone with a large border surrounding the #NYSE, which in addition to the construction site and scaffolding for One Wall Street's residential conversion, has become a nightmare for pedestrians and is unwelcoming to the millions of tourists that visit every year. Additionally, sidewalks remain from the not too distant days when cars drove up and down Wall Street. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The @downtownnyc detailed their plan in a recent press release: "Over the course of nine months, the Alliance has created a plan "A More Welcoming Wall & Broad: A Vision for Improving the Stock Exchange District" that includes achievable recommendations (like curbless streets, historical markers and #architectural lighting) within an actionable plan. The plan stands to make one of the most heavily visited and historically important corners of New York City secure, welcoming and vibrant. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But what the Financial District needs is more than a glorified curb removal; a comprehensive plan that will accommodate tourists and open up the streets for the New Yorkers that live and work in the area while reducing automobile-friendly infrastructure like the several traffic lanes on #ParkRow at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. All of Nassau/Broad street should be closed to tourists Park Row from Chambers Street to Anne Street should be pedestrianized. #Broadway below Chambers Street should be closed to traffic except for buses, sanitation and deliveries, leaving maximum two traffic lanes. Traffic should be funneled around the busiest arteries like Broadway, not through it. Four downtown points – the #Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, NYSE, Bowling Green/Battery Park and #WTC – need to be linked via #landscaped open plazas that rival those in European cities. (at New York Stock Exchange)