Friday, February 29, 2008

NEW YORK CITY HALL



These are images of the New York City Hall that I made on a snowy day when I last visited Downtown Manhattan. 

From Wikipedia:
New York City Hall is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center section of Lower Manhattan between Broadway, Park Row and Chambers Street. The building itself is the oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as the office of the Mayor of New York City and the chambers of the New York City Council. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York City Hall is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1],[3] Its rotunda is a designated interior New York City landmark. The architectural style of City Hall combines two famous historical movements; French Renaissance (exterior design) and American-Georgian (interior design). 

New York City Hall has played a central role in several films and television series. Spin City (1996-2002), set in City Hall, starred Michael J. Fox as a Deputy Mayor making efforts to stop the dim-witted Mayor from embarrassing himself in front of the media and voters. City Hall (1996) starred Al Pacino as an idealistic Mayor and John Cusack as his Deputy Mayor, who leads an investigation with unexpectedly far-reaching consequences into the accidental shooting of a boy in New York. 

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