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12 February 2013
1880 – Post Office, New York

1880 – Post Office, New York

Architect: Alfred B. Mullett Designed by architect Alfred B. Mullett for a triangular site across City Hall Park from New York City Hall. Built after an unsuccessful architectural competition where fifty-two designs were...

11 February 2013
1869 – Booth’s Theatre, New York

1869 – Booth’s Theatre, New York

Architect: Renwick & Sands Located on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, Booth’s Theatre was run by celebrated American actor Edwin Booth (brother of John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham...

11 February 2013
1869 – Design for cast iron facade, New York

1869 – Design for cast iron facade, New York

A piece in The Building News, seemed less that impressed that buildings could be constructed without architects, but seemed to welcome the process: “FOR many years past iron has been used for the...

01 January 2013
1861 – Villa, Newburgh, New York

1861 – Villa, Newburgh, New York

Architect: Calvert Vaux From The Building News: “THIS design was prepared and executed for a gentleman of Newburgh, by Calvert Vaux, E»q., architect. It is situated in a street running parallel with the...

15 September 2012
1876 – Arnold Constable & Company, 887 Broadway, New York

1876 – Arnold Constable & Company, 887 Broadway, New York

Architect: Griffith Thomas The original Arnold Constable & Company’s building at 887 Broadway from 1869, was eventually extended along the length of 19th Street to Fifth Avenue, all in a similar style by...

27 June 2012
1964 – Irish Pavilion, 1964-65 New York World’s Fair

1964 – Irish Pavilion, 1964-65 New York World’s Fair

Architect: Andrew Devane / Robinson, Keefe & Devane From the official guide; “Some contributions made by the Irish to the happiness of other parts of the world are beguilingly displayed in a series...

20 April 2012
1897 – Gillender Building, New York

1897 – Gillender Building, New York

Architect: Berg & Clark The Gillender Building was completed in the Financial District in 1897, but was demolished in 1910 and replaced by a bigger building that combined its neighboring lot. The building...

11 March 2012
1879 – St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New York

1879 – St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New York

Architect: Demolished in 1914 so as to begin construction of a new one designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who had recently struck out on his own from Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson.

11 March 2012
1918 – St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New York

1918 – St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New York

Architect: Bertram Goodhue Built to replace an earlier church on the site which was demolished in order to begin construction of one designed by Goodhue, who had recently struck out on his own...