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City Hall and Woolworth Building: Woolworth Building
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    • mrclay2000
  • By mrclay2000 on April 6, 2005
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    • Woolworth Building, New York City's finest - New York City
    Woolworth Building, New
    York City's finest
    by mrclay2000
    While Henry Ford almost single-handedly created the middle class, F. W. Woolworth (whose grave is in my Woodlawn Cemetery tip) did much to create the modern idea of retail economies. Instead of letting customers haggle for prices with intimidating clerks, Woolworth set prices beforehand to let shoppers buy or refuse on that fundamental alone. Under such practices he amassed a giant fortune, and paid cash for this 792-ft skyscraper in 1913. Shorter than the world's tallest the Eiffel Tower, the building was nevertheless the world's tallest skyscraper until 1930, and remains to my mind the fanciest and best designed throughout Manhattan. Tourists are not allowed inside, but from its curbside vantage off City Hall Park or viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge or lower Manhattan, the silhouette of this building and its illustrious founder and history set it apart from New York's other monoliths.

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  • Directions: overlooking City Hall Park from the west on Broadway Avenue
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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: City Hall Park
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  • By cjg1 on August 25, 2003
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    • City Hall and Woolworth Building - New York City
    by cjg1
    There was free jazz festival in City Hall Park. There are enough pics to fill a travelogue but for now I am just adding one here.

    Between the fountain, the crowds, and the music, not to mention the superior weather it was a not to be missed event.

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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: City Hall and Park
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  • By mrclay2000 on April 8, 2005
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    • City Hall, the park's lamps, and Horace Greeley - New York City
    City Hall, the park's
    lamps, and Horace Greeley
    by mrclay2000
    Where many parks in New York City scarcely amount to a few hundred square feet, City Hall Park can be measured in a handful of acres. Surrounded by brownstones, bookstores and cafes as well as sitting beneath its main guardian the Woolworth Building, the park is crisscrossed with walkways, enjoys a central fountain and handsome lamps, and positively removes the casual stroller from the bustle that begins immediately southward. While the park has been a common of some type for centuries (the Constitution was first read aloud to Washington there), City Hall itself was built in the first decades of the 19th century. Surmounted by a modest cupola, its entablature is supported by pillars in two layers, making it somewhat resemble the Tennessee State House in Nashville. Visitation is possible through the right channels, but most visitors must confine their views through the wrought-iron fence and the hive of security personnel.

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  • Address: City Hall Park
  • Directions: lower Broadway at Chambers Street
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    • Phalaenopsis03
  • Updated By Phalaenopsis03 on June 5, 2006
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    • City Hall and Woolworth Building - New York City
    by Phalaenopsis03,
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    Aahhh, the Woolworth building. I'm particularly sentimental toward this piece of New York architecture because I use work on one of its floors. Can you guess which? Every day that I came to work, it would always bug me how tourists would impede my path as they stood in the lobby entrance taking pictures. I hadn't yet realized what all the hoopla was about until one day when I examined the lobby and came to the realization that I DID work in a beautiful building. The Gothic-style structure with it's ornate features, marble walls, and vaulted ceilings covered in mosaics combined for a truly stunning effect. Pretty cool to have worked in an NYC landmark.

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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: City Hall Park
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    • acemj
  • By acemj on September 4, 2003
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    • City Hall and Woolworth Building - New York City
    by acemj,
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    The park in front of NY's City Hall was recently restored and reopened in 1999. The Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain was replaced in this spot after having been moved to a park in the Bronx many years ago. The gaslamps and benches all create an impression of an 18th century park, which was the intention of the recent renovations. That's me and my friend Elizabeth in City Hall Park in August of 2003.

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  • Directions: Broadway and Chambers, near the Brooklyn Bridge entrance.
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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: City Hall
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    • bugalugs
  • Updated By bugalugs on October 9, 2003
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    • City Hall Park - New York City
    City Hall Park
    by bugalugs
    City Hall is the government building for New York and has been since the early 1800's.

    Either side of the hall is an interactive video centre with information for visitors.

    Here in this building Abraham Lincolns coffin was placed on its way to Illinois for burial.

    Behind City Hall is the Tweed Courthouse. This building was built in 1872 and cost millions of dollars. In fact the leader of the Democracts at the time a William Tweed was embezzling the City of New York by millions of dollars. He ended up in the penitentiary on Roosevelt Island which I think at the time was called Welfare Island.

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  • Address: off Broadway
  • Directions: Near to the pedestrian entrance for Brooklyn Bridge
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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: The Woolworth Building.
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    • bugalugs
  • Updated By bugalugs on August 11, 2003
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    • City Hall and Woolworth Building - New York City
    by bugalugs
    The Woolworth Building.
    It was the worlds tallest building, standing at 792 feet with 60 floors when it was built at a cost of $15 million in 1913.

    Most people will have heard of Woolworths, we have two Woolworth shops not very far from where I live.

    I recently saw a documentary about the daughter of FW Woolworth, seems with all her money it didnt really bring her a lot of happiness.

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  • Address: 233 Broadway - Near City Hall
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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: Woolworth Building
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    • chewy3326
  • Updated By chewy3326 on September 5, 2006
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    • Woolworth Building - New York City
    Woolworth Building
    by chewy3326
    Constructed in 1913, the 60-floor, 792-foot tall Woolworth Tower once could claim to be the tallest building in the world (excluding the Eiffel Tower), until it was surpassed by 40 Wall Street in 1930. Today it has dropped to the 13th highest skyscraper in New York, and because of neighboring skyscrapers that reach even taller, it is rarely visible. Woolworth is a Gothic revival skyscraper which at first stood alone in the lower Manhattan skyline, and until 1945 had an observation deck on the 58th floor. Before September 11, 2001, the lobby of the building was open to the public, but since then, due to security reasons, it has been closed (you might want to check this info before you go).

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  • Address: 223 Broadway
  • Directions: Next to City Hall
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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: City Hall and City Hall Park
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    • darthmilmo
  • By darthmilmo on October 26, 2002
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    • City Hall and Woolworth Building - New York City
    by darthmilmo
    One of the best architectural wonders of New York City is the classic City Hall. This is a lovely building so those with time should try relaxing at the City Hall Park.

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    City Hall and Woolworth Building: Woolworth Building
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    • Bigs
  • Updated By Bigs on September 8, 2002
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    • Itīs hiding a bit.... - New York City
    Itīs hiding a bit....
    by Bigs
    This once have been the highest building of New York. Itīs hard to imagine these days! I like these very old skysrapers! This one is really beautiful!

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  • Directions: Next to the Town Hall, in the south of Manhattan!
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