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Collection: Linfoot Collection

Institution: Athenaeum of Philadelphia

MARC Description:
Accompanied by a specification document: Short description of the accompanying drawings submitted in competition for the erection of a new Municipal Building, to be situated in City Hall Park, New York. Drawing LAL*001*001 is a perspective rendering of the proposed structure. LAL*001*002 is a block plan, which appears to show new building in three units connected by walkways near the County Court House, which is shown on Chambers St. between Broadway & Centre. Park Way angles into Centre & Mail near the edge of the site. The specification document suggests that the building fronts on Broadway. The U.S. Post Office & Court House is show opposite the site further down on Mail St. at the end of Centre. Numerous other street names for the area are given. Both the specification document & the drawings have "121", perhaps the competition number entry.

Quantity: 2 drawings : ink on paper ; 74 x 112 cm. or smaller

Local Call: LAL*001*001; LAL*001*002

RLIN: PAPV92-F3990

Item dates: 1893

Holding types: Ink drawings

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Documented Projects

• New York Municipal Building
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Linfoot, Benjamin (1840-1912) (Architect)
• Linfoot, Benjamin Edis (1872 - 1950) (Architect)

Location

Chambers St. near Mail St., Broadway, and Centre St. ("Chambers to Mail & Broadway to Centre")
New York ("Manhattan, New York")

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[Competition design for a new Municipal Building, to be situated in City Hall Park, New York, [N.Y.]] Perspective (Benjamin Linfoot & Benjamin Linfoot Jr., 1893) Linfoot Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: LAL*001*001

[Competition design for a new Municipal Building, to be situated in City Hall Park, New York, [N.Y.]] Site Plan (Benjamin Linfoot & Benjamin Linfoot Jr., 1893) Linfoot Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: LAL*001*002

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