Everything about Park Row Manhattan totally explained
» for the former elevated train station see Park Row (BMT station)
Park Row is a street located in the
Financial District of the
New York City borough of
Manhattan; during the late 1800s, it was nicknamed
Newspaper Row as most of New York City's newspapers located on the street to be close to the action at
New York City Hall.
The image to your right is of Park Row around the turn of the 20th century. The buildings from left to right include; Bottom-Left is New York City Hall; the
New York World Building, also known as the Pulitzer Building (with the spherical top) which housed the
New York World newspaper (now the site of one of the Brooklyn Bridge entrance ramps); The
New York Tribune building with the
spire top (today the site of the Pace Plaza complex of
Pace University); The
New York Times Building (the 19th Century home of
The New York Times, today one of the buildings of
Pace University); and to the far right - cut off from the picture - the
Potter Building
.
This section of the street was known as 'Printing House Square'. Today, a statue of
Benjamin Franklin stands there, in front of the
One Pace Plaza and 41 Park Row buildings of
Pace University, holding a copy of his
Pennsylvania Gazette, a reminder of what Park Row once was.
In the late 18th century
Eastern Post Road became the more important road connecting New York to Albany and New England. Early in the 19th century most of the Manhattan portion of this road was suppressed, the Commons became City Hall Park, and the stub was renamed Park Row.
One of the first structures to be called a skyscraper, the
Park Row Building (also known as '15 Park Row') is located at the southern end of Park Row, opposite
City Hall Park. At 391 ft (119.2m) tall it was the tallest office building in the world from 1899 until 1908, when it was surpassed by the
Singer Building. At 391 ft (119.2m) tall it was the tallest office building in the world from 1899 until 1908, when it was surpassed by the
Singer Building. The building is 29 stories tall, with 26 full floors and two, three-story cupolas. It has a frontage of 103 ft on Park Row, 23 on Ann Street and 48 feet on Theater Alley. The base of the building covers a land area of approximately 15,000 square feet.
The
New York City Police Department is headquartered at One Police Plaza located on Park Row across the street from City Hall.
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