georgebpost

This is a great photo.

in the 60's i worked in the woolworth building....great shot

In front of the Cotton and Coffee Exchanges is the Hanover Square Station of the Third Avenue Elevated, which was was the last of the Els to vanish. It made its last scheduled run in May 1955, demolished in 1956. William Russell Grace (1832-1904) was New York City's first Roman Catholic mayor in 1880. He opposed Tammany Hall, reformed the police, curbed vice, and reduced taxes- and was re-elected in 1884. Another view of the Coffee Exchange and Hanover Square Station: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?482823

"The massive Victorian skyscrapers on Park Row were built by the city's nineteenth-century newspaper publishers, who found it advantageous to maintain proximity to City Hall and the financial district. "From left to right are: the Pulitzer Building (G. B. Post, 1890); the Tribune Building (R. M. Hunt, 1876); the Times Building (G. B. Post, 1889); and the Potter Building (1883). At the turn of the century, the papers began to move uptown, leaving only the name "newspaper row" as their legacy. "Abbott's photograph of City Hall Park and Park Row, which was taken from the 14-story Postal Telegraph Cable Building ... " --More: Museum of the City of New York

"On the same day she photographed the DePeyster Statue at Bowling Green, Abbott photographed the sculpture in front of the nearby U.S. Custom House, architect Cass Gilbert's Beaux-Arts masterpiece (1907).

"The four allegorical groups, designed by Daniel Chester French, represented Asia, America, Europe, and Africa, denoting the Custom House's function as the nation's leading point of entry for the world's goods.

"... Abbott stood on the Custom House steps and juxtaposed two of the sculptures--America and Asia--with George B. Post's Victorian Produce Exchange (1884) beyond..."
--More: Museum of the City of New York