municipalbuilding

What an incredible building. It looks like a film set, not an actual structure .

This was the City Hall Post Office, originally between Broadway and Park Row in New York City. Its architect was A.B. Mullett. Built in 1878, it was maligned in its time as "Mullett's Monstrosity," and demolished in 1939. Roads and part of City Hall's park stand there today. The Municipal Building (which is still around) is shown under construction in the background.

Mullett also designed the Old (Eisenhower) Executive Office Building in D.C., which looks very similar:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Executive_Office_Building

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Lost American Architecture, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Traditional Skyscrapers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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shot from inside the Municipal Building looking northwest to the Surrogate's Courthouse. www.google.com/maps/@40.7130631,-74.0040537,3a,75y,20.47h...

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"The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, originally the Municipal Building and then the Manhattan Municipal Building,[4] at 1 Centre Street in Manhattan, New York City, is a 40-story building built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the city's five boroughs. Construction began in 1907 and ended in 1914,[2][3] marking the end of the City Beautiful movement in New York. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Municipal_Building