City Hall Park, New York City

The New York City Hall in 2019, looking north with the Municipal Building on the right. Park Row is to the right and Broadway is toe the left. Credit: Will Steacy / NYC Tourism + Conventions. Continue below...

The City Hall palace was dedicated in 1811 and opened in 1812, when the city government moved from the old Federal Hall. Joseph-François Mangin and John McComb Jr. designed the original building with its central pavilion and two projecting wings. The building was altered several times over the years by many architects. These include Leopold Eidlitz in 1860, John H. Duncan in 1898, William Martin Aiken in 1903, Grosvenor Atterbury from 1907 to 1917, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon in 1956, and Cabrera Barricklo in 1998. The building was designated a national historic landmark in 1960, one of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the United States that still houses its governmental functions.

The City Hall was erected in the old Commons, when it used to be called "the Fields". Today it is located in the Civic Center, surrounded by government offices (city, state and federal), as well as residential and commercial buildings.