Broad Street, South from Wall Street - about 1889
Photograph shows the old Broad St., looking south from near Wall Street, about 1889. Source: Photographic views of New York City, from the collections of the New York Public Library.
The 10-story Mills Building, on the left, at 15 Broad Street and Exchange Place, was completed in 1882 and demolished in 1926. The tower of the Produce Exchange, is in the distance. The institution, founded in 1861, opened its headquarters at Bowling Green, in 1884. The 8-story Edison Building, at 42-44 Broad Street, between Exchange Place and Beaver Street, was completed in 1891 and demolished in 1931.
The old Stock Exchange Building on west side of Broad Street, was originally built in 1865. It was was expanded end enlarged in 1881. The Western Union Building, at 16 Broad Street (left) was bought by the NYSE in 1898 and demolished to make way for the present neoclassic building, completed in 1903.
The utility poles were removed from Wall and Broad streets by 1889. Overhead wires were buried.
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NYSE Building
Broad Street, South from Wall Street - about 1889
Western Union Building
