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"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

1900.. Victoria Theater.. Charles Thorley.. Pabst Hotel: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm... Rialto Theater.. Times Building.. Paramount Theater.. c1927: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm...

The elevated, cast iron (sewer?) pipes with traffic and pedestrians going underneath looks like a catastophe waiting to happen. I wonder how they finished the process?

That wouldn't be a sewer. Maybe it holds electrical wires

I think it is a gas main, probably for use during subway construction. There is an article about their use while building the Broadway subway line from January, 1916: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0DE1D61739E2...

Art Siegel Interesting, I think you're right. Thank you!