Loew Bridge

Traffic on Broadway in the 1860's was so notoriously congested that Philip Genin was concerned enough about losing potential customers to his hat store that he lobbied the city to build a pedestrian bridge. This was duly constructed and christened after the Comptroller, Charles C. Loew.  Which prompted his archrival Charles Knox who's establishment was across the street to complain about the shadows that were cast on his store preventing potential customers from seeing inside.  The bridge was removed bare two years later.