New York City Hall
Finished in 1812 this was the third city hall that the city had. The first was built by the Dutch when the city was still known as New Amsterdam and that was demolished in 1690. The second was built by the British in 1700 and was renamed and repurposed as Federal Hall. The city offered a prize of $350 to the architect(s) for to submit the wining design plans won by Joseph-François Mangin and John McComb Jr. In 1954 the city replaced much of the exterior stonework with better quality materials and in 2008 the building got a major restoration that cost 150 million. The building was subjected a violent riot in 1857 when the between the recently dissolved New York Municipal Police and the newly formed Metropolitan Police on June 16, 1857. Municipal police fought with Metropolitan officers who were attempting to arrest New York City Mayor Fernando Wood. In 1970 during the Vietnam War it was the scene of the infamous "Hard hat riot." when hundreds on construction workers violently and without provocation attacked a group of antiwar protestors. In 2003 a city council member James E Davis was murdered by a political rival and was shot dead by police at the scene. The building is now a national historical landmark and a New York City historical landmark. Ever since the destruction of the World Trade Center access to building has been quite restricted and I took this picture through a gap in fencing surrounding the area. I did strike up a conversation with two police officers neither who could have been a day over 30 how back in 1969 me and brother stood on the steps not more than forty feet away watched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins got the key from the city from Mayor John Lindsay as they were honored for the Apollo 11 moon landing and being regarded as a witness to history.
New York City Hall
Finished in 1812 this was the third city hall that the city had. The first was built by the Dutch when the city was still known as New Amsterdam and that was demolished in 1690. The second was built by the British in 1700 and was renamed and repurposed as Federal Hall. The city offered a prize of $350 to the architect(s) for to submit the wining design plans won by Joseph-François Mangin and John McComb Jr. In 1954 the city replaced much of the exterior stonework with better quality materials and in 2008 the building got a major restoration that cost 150 million. The building was subjected a violent riot in 1857 when the between the recently dissolved New York Municipal Police and the newly formed Metropolitan Police on June 16, 1857. Municipal police fought with Metropolitan officers who were attempting to arrest New York City Mayor Fernando Wood. In 1970 during the Vietnam War it was the scene of the infamous "Hard hat riot." when hundreds on construction workers violently and without provocation attacked a group of antiwar protestors. In 2003 a city council member James E Davis was murdered by a political rival and was shot dead by police at the scene. The building is now a national historical landmark and a New York City historical landmark. Ever since the destruction of the World Trade Center access to building has been quite restricted and I took this picture through a gap in fencing surrounding the area. I did strike up a conversation with two police officers neither who could have been a day over 30 how back in 1969 me and brother stood on the steps not more than forty feet away watched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins got the key from the city from Mayor John Lindsay as they were honored for the Apollo 11 moon landing and being regarded as a witness to history.