Broadway at City Hall Park - 1903
The old Broadway, looking north from the Post Office building at the southern end of City Hall Park. Photograph copyright 1903 by Detroit Photographic Co. Source: Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Below, enlargement of the center of the photo.
The City Hall Park is to the right. The Postal Telegraph Building and the Home Life Building (both completed in 1894) are on the left, between Murray and Warren streets. The Rogers Peet Building (258 Broadway) is on the corner of Warren Street. It was completed in April 1900 and designated a NYC landmark in 2010. The Chambers Building on the corner of Broadway and Chambers St., was completed in 1900. The National Shoe & Leather Bank building, completed in 1893, is on the southwest corner Chambers Street.
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Murray Street
Chambers Building, completed 1900
Dun Building, corner Reade Street, completed in 1898.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company Building (253 Broadway)
Broadway at City Hall Park - 1903
Home Life Insurance Company Building (256- 257 Broadway)
