Manhattan Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge - between 1885 and 1889
The Brooklyn Bridge Terminal (Elevated R.R. Station), in Manhattan, in the late 19th century, after 1885 and before 1889, when the World Building was under construction adjoining the bridge terminal. Wood engraving, hand colored, published by Charles Magnus. Source: 100 Views of New York and Environs, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Brooklyn Bridge terminal opened in 1883 and it was later expanded. Centre Street is in the foreground. Chambers Street is on the left, today part of the site of the Municipal Building. The Park Row, Printing House Square and City Hall Park are to the right. The old New Yorker Staats-Zeitung building, completed in 1873, is in the center.
Also published by Charles Magnus.
Manhattan Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge - between 1885 and 1889
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