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I would like to add these to something. quite a record.

This building is at 23 Wall Street, NYC. This is the side facing Broad Street.

ifeasdaddy: Thank you for the information about the building. According to this New York Times article (May 1, 1913) the demolition started on April 30, 1913 and was supposed to continue for forty days: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E 0DA1F3AE633A... We will update the information and reload the description.

In 1912, J. P. Morgan decided to demolish his building at 23 Wall Street and build a new office on the same site. The new building was four stories, therefore this is the demolition of the old building. (ref. wirednewyork.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-3610.html )

Here's a modern shot of the building that replaced the old Morgan building, now part of a condominium development, Downtown by Philippe Starck, named for French designer Philippe Starck.

interesting that they'd demolish a building in order to rebuild something smaller.

Lifeasdaddy: Thank you for the information about the building. According to this New York Times article (May 1, 1913) the demolition started on April 30, 1913 and was supposed to continue for forty days: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E0DA1F3AE633A... We will update the information and reload the description.

I don't know if this is true or not, but I had heard that Morgan had the building replaced with a smaller building merely to show off his wealth: that he could afford to purchase some of the most expensive real estate in the world and only put a four-story building on it.

The piece of land near the bottom refers to (corrected thanks Sharon Corbet) Sir William Davies, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland: (Be. 1633-1687): and at top probably refers to Sir Henry Titchborne: (1st Baron Ferrard) (1633-1731): and St Andrew's Church (Andrew St) built c1665, (on or near the site of ancient parish church), rebuilt 1793 and again 1860: Streetview: www.google.com.au/maps/@53.3436355,-6.2615161,3a,75y,136....

The survey dates from the late 17th or early 18th Century, when John Greene was City Surveyor for Dublin. There was another similar Survey being auctioned a few years ago.

The hill is the viking Thingmount. The Sir William Davis mentioned in the chart, had the Thingmount levelled and the soil carted away that was deposited to form the elevated ground now occupied by Nassau Street. He felt his plot was too valuable and the "hill" was in his way of realising the full profit of his plot. www.geocities.ws/heatheneurope/thingmount "In 1682 the mount itself was demised to Sir William Davis, Recorder of the city and then Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He had a residence adjoining the mount and a fee-farm grant was made to him with the avowed object of clearing the ground. His petition for this grant states that "the ground on which the mount stands, being very small and the mount itself being very high, the cost of levelling it and carrying it away would be a vast charge". A mass of earth and stone, 40 feet high and 240 feet in circumference could not be removed without great expense, but the site was, ultimately, too valuable to lie unhindered and was used in the raising of Nassau Street, then called Saint Patrick's Well Lane, to prevent further flooding and the street elevated 8 to 10 feet above it. This can still be seen today as Nassau Street is on quite a height above the adjoining grounds of Trinity College."

Andy Brill I thought rather William Davys (Before 1633-1687) and Sir Henry Tichborne (1633-1731).

The site of the St Andrew's Church as indicated on the survey is marked on the 25" OSI.