New York City Hall and Park Row

Street scene showing City Hall Park on the left and Park Row (officially Chatham Street until 1886), on the right. Watercolor by John William Hill (1812-1879), 1830. The spire of Brick Church and Park Theatre, a playhouse located at 21–25 Park Row, are on the right. Source: I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints, New York Public Library.

In the second half of 19th century Park Row was also called Newspaper Row due to a great number of newspaper headquarters in the place, like the New York Times, the Sun, New York Tribune, the World and others.