Hamburg-American Building on Broadway - 1910
Photograph of office buildings, on the west side of Broadway, published in 1910 in the book Both Sides of Broadway from Bowling Green to Central Park. Original title: Broadway, at Exchange Place. Hamburg-American Building - Childs' Restaurant - Flower & Co., Bankers.
The former Aldrich Court Building (45 Broadway), was completed in 1886, built by the estate of Herman D. Aldrich, which also built the Columbia Building at 29 Broadway. The ten stories high (120 feet) office building, covering 41, 43 and 45 Broadway, was provided with four rapid elevators. It went to auction on October 25, 1905, and it was bought by the Hamburg-American Line. Then the name changed to Hamburg-American (Line) Building. On November 8, 1917, the building was seized by the United States Government to be used as the headquarters of communications between the United States and its allies' armies in Europe. The Kaiser was personally one of the largest stockholders in the Hamburg-American Line.
The old Aldrich Court Building was demolished in 1982 to make way for the 32-story office building (45 Broadway Atrium) completed in 1983.
7 - Morris Street seen from Broadway in 1910.
9 - Office buildings on the left side of the Hamburg-American Building, on Broadway - 1910.
12 - Numbers 44 - 50 Broadway, Tower Building.
Broadway, from Morris St. to Exchange Alley - 1899.
Hamburg-American Building on Broadway - 1910
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