New York City Hall

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Aaron Burr promised Latrobe he would win the competition to design NY City Hall in 1802. But, Joseph Francois Magnin & John McComb Jr won the $350 prize, becoming the oldest continuously occupied City Hall in America since completed in 1811.

French Renaissance plus Federal equals this massive administrative and legislative structure. It houses the City Council and the Mayor's Office, with New York's first and most beautiful (now former) subway station buried right beneath it.

Constructed, 1811
Renovation, 1860
Renovation, 1898
Renovation, 1903
Renovation, 1907
Renovation, 1915
Renovation, 1917
Renovation, 1956
Renovation, 1998
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1760-The city enacts it’s first laws requiring the examination and licensing of medical practitioners. [1]
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Philip Hone,Philip Hone, who served as Mayor of New York City from 1826 to 1827, acted as a key cultural ambassador by commissioning artwork to decorate City Hall.
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Images
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Images
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West over City Hall and Home Insurance Building, across the Hudson to New Jersey, from World Building, 1902

Library of Congress

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City Hall as viewed from Park Row

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City Hall front facade facing City Hall Park

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As viewed from Park Row

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The Justice statue above the Rotunda

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City Hall Rotunda ceiling

Andrew Moore

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New York City Hall Plaque, located on Broadway

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New York City Hall plaque, located on the City Hall Park Path

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1917 - Renovation
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Stairway and rotunda, 1938

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Stairway and rotunda, 1938

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N.Y. City Hall Rotunda, 1939

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1907 - Renovation
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City Hall and vicinity, 1909

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Manhattan Cable cars station which ran across the Brooklyn bridge, 1911.

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No perimeter around the building in 1913

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1903 - Renovation
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City Hall and Broadway buildings, 1903

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City Hall, County Court House and City Hall Park; City Hall, City Hall Park and Broadway, 1905

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1898 - Renovation
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The Governor's Room, New York City Hall, as restored in 1895

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Celebration at the City Hall Park, Park Row & Frankfort Street,1901

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1898 - Renovation - Drawings and documents
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The City Hall, New York City, 1900

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1860 - Renovation
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Rotunda, New York City Hall, 1860

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1860 - Renovation - Drawings and documents
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Gen. Butler's speech for Horace Greeley in NewYork, 1866, City Hall Square

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Chamber of the Board of Councilmen, 1868

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City Hall, Wall Street, Plan of City Hall, 1887

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1811 - Constructed
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1811 - Constructed - Drawings and documents
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View of City Hall, Sept. 1st 1858

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James Harrison Dakin, Bernard & Dick, New York Public Library

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1802
City Hall front elevation

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