Newspaper Row; Printing House Square

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During the late 19th century, Park Row was nicknamed Newspaper Row, as most of New York City's newspapers were located on the street to be close to City Hall. Among the earlier newspapers in the area was The New York Times, which in 1857 became the first New York City newspaper to be housed in a structure built especially for its use. Part of the southern section of the street, centered on the intersection with Spruce Street, was known as Printing House Square. The newspapers housed on Newspaper Row, combined, printed more than 250,000 copies per day at their peak, leading the area to be considered "America's preeminent press center". Other papers, such as the New York Herald and The Sun, were near Newspaper Row but not actually housed on Park Row itself.

Became, 1857

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City Hall stands in front of Newspaper Row - the former publishing headquarters of The World (left), The Tribune (center) and The Times (right) in downtown Manhattan, circa 1906. Behind the New York Times building is the American Tract Society."

Benjamin Franklin Statue at Newspaper Row, 1900

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Newspaper row, 1900

Printing House Square

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Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

New York City, New York

Culture

NY Sun started

New York World-Telegram and The Sun

New York City, New York

Publication

Newsies on Park Row

New York

Publication

New York Journal founded and burned

New York City, New York

Publication

Currier and Ives founded

New York City, New York

Technology

New Yorker Staats-Zeitung founded

New York City, New York

Publication

"The Revolution" Newspaper Started

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

New York City, New York

Publication

Publication of Scientific American

Scientific American

New York City, New York

Publication

Linotype Machine invented

Ottmar Mergenthaler

New York City, New York

Invention, Publication

New York World Building fire 1883

New York

Disaster

John Peter Zenger's Sedition Trial

John Peter Zenger, James De Lancey

New York City, New York

Politics

Architecture

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Park Row Building (15 Park Row)

R. H. Robertson, Cary Tamarkin & H. Thomas O'Hara

New York City, New York

Residential, Workplace

25 Park Row

COOKFOX Architects

New York City, New York

Residential

Harper's Building

James Bogardus

New York City, New York

Workplace

41 Park Row, The New York Times Building (1858 - 1903) / Pace University

George B. Post, Robert Maynicke

New York City, New York

Education

New York Tribune Building

Richard Morris Hunt

New York City, New York

New York World Building

George B. Post

New York City, New York

Workplace

Former New York Evening Post Building

Robert D. Kohn

New York City, New York

Workplace

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Potter Building

Norris G. Starkweather

New York City, New York

Residential, Workplace

Public Art

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Horace Greeley Statue (City Hall Park)

John Quincy Adams Ward, Richard Morris Hunt, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

New York City, New York

Sculpture

Benjamin Franklin statue at Pace Plaza

Ernst Plassman, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

New York

Sculpture

Joseph Pulitzer plaque

Carl Schmitz, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

New York City, New York

Memorial

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