Chatham Street, Park Row

Chatham Street was an earlier name for Park Row. Photo from Tryon Row, (originally in stereoscopic view) the City Hall Park on the right, showing the Times Building and a distant view of St. Paul's Church. The seven-story French's Hotel, on the left, was demolished in 1888 to make way for the World Building.

Published by E. & H.T. Anthony circa 1865. Source NYPL.

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This is another photograph of the old Park Row by the same publisher, taken from the same site, about the same year 1865 (source: New York Public Library).