Panorama of the West Side of Broadway - between 1856 and 1868
From Bowling Green to Dey Street
Panorama of the west side of Broadway, from no. 1 (Washington Building), Bowling Green, to a few houses above Dey St. . . .Lettering in pen-and-ink indicating streets and buildings, among latter, Atlantic Garden (demolished before 1868), Stevens House (former Delmonico's Hotel until 1856), Aldrich Court, Old City Hotel, ... Franklin Hotel. This work remains a marvelous document of Broadway in the mid-19th century. Source: The New York Public Library.
The east side of Broadway was highly damaged in the Great Fire of 1845. Some buildings in the west side, in Bowling Green, was also damaged.
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7 Broadway
Bowling Green in the first piece of this Panorama.
Note: It seems Trinity Church had already its tower at this time and a that this blue color of the sky was mistakenly painted and erased it here.
29 Broadway, site of Columbia Building completed in 1891.
9-11 Broadway, Atlantic Garden, demolished before 1868
17 Broadway
Stevens House (former Delmonico's Hotel until 1856) 21-27 Broadway, corner of Morris Street.
13 Broadway
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In 1855, buildings 3 and 5 Broadway were Atlantic Hotel. 5 Broadway was demolished before 1868.
Site of the Western Union Telegraph Building, completed in 1875.
31-33 Broadway
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Exchange Alley
Gilsey Building, 169-171 Broadway, completed in 1854.