List of demolished buildings and structures in New York City

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The 486 ft (148 m) tall neo-Romanesque City Investing Building is one of many buildings that can no longer be seen in New York today. It was built between 1906 and 1908 and was demolished in 1968.

This is a list of demolished buildings and structures in New York City. Over time, countless buildings have been built in what is now New York City. Some of them still stand today and can be viewed - however, many buildings have since been demolished. The reason for the demolition was often the lack of space, many times the condition of the building was no longer adequate, but it also happened that its style was already ostentatious and outdated. Another aspect is that because the cost of renovating a building is very high, there was an easier way to demolish it than to renovate it. However, today's opinion may not be in line with the views prevalent at the time of its demolition, and many consider it detrimental to demolish buildings that were often built with high artistic demands at the time.

There may not be an accurate record of all the demolished buildings, so this list is also presumably fragmentary.

Banks, financial buildings[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Brooklyn Savings Bank postcard, c.jpg Brooklyn Savings Bank 1894 1964
(King1893NYC) pg805 NEW-YORK COTTON EXCHANGE, BEAVER AND WILLIAM STREETS.jpg old New York Cotton Exchange[1] 1885 1922
[1] [2] 1911 no data available
DeutscheBank.jpg Deutsche Bank Building 1973 2011
[2] Gallatin Bank Building 1887 1929
[3] Hanover Bank Building 1903 1931
Old New York Produce Exchange, Valentine's Manual (cropped).jpg [3] 1861 c. 1880
New York Produce Exchange 1883.jpg New York Produce Exchange 1884 1958

Churches[]

Christian churches[]

See also: List of demolished churches in New York City

Jewish churches (Synagogues)[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
[4] (I)[4] before 1847 1854 (?) It used to function as a Baptist church.
[5] (II)[4] before 1854 1866 (?) It used to function as a Baptist church.
A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898) (14771462374).jpg Temple Emanu-El (III) 1868 1927 Not confuse with the new Temple Emanu-El (built in 1930).
Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia e2 219-0.jpg Temple Beth-El 1891 1947
(King1893NYC) pg875 LEXINGTON AVENUE AND 63D STREET, SHOWING R0D0PH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE.jpg Synagogue in E63d Street 1873 before 1911

Forts[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Fort Gansevoort (NYPL b13476046-EM11361).jpg Fort Gansevoort 1812 1854
Fort Lafayette Brooklyn.jpg Fort Lafayette 1822 1960

Hospitals[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Parkchester General Hospital 1941 1978
Columbia War Hospital.jpg U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 1917 1919
[6] Doctors Hospital 1929 2005
[7] Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic early 1900s 1990s
The war demonstration hospital - its plan and construction (1917) (14780419492).jpg Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital 1917 1919
3-4 VIEW OF WEST 11TH STREET AND SEVENTH AVENUE - St. Vincent's Hospital, Elizabeth Seton Building, 151-167 West Eleventh Street, New York, New York County, NY HABS NY,31-NEYO,85A-3.tif Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers 1849 2010

Hotels[]

See also: List of demolished hotels in New York City

Industrial buildings[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
View of 5 Pointz, January 20, 2013.jpg 5 Pointz 1892 2014

Mansions[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
C. Ledyard Blair House.jpg C. Ledyard Blair House 1914 1927
Canterbury Hall 19th entury 1861
Vanderbilt Mansion and Grand Army Plaza, New York 1908.jpg Cornelius Vanderbilt II House 1883 1926
Elbridge Gerry House Fifth Ave NYC.jpg Elbridge Gerry Mansion 1897 1929
George Blumenthal House no data available no data available
George Gould House.jpg George J. Gould House 1906 c. 1963
Government house manhattan.jpg Government House 1790 1815
Henry Phipps House no data available after 1930
George Gould House.jpg Isaac Stern House before 1910 1949
Jacob Ruppert Sr. House no data available 1925
James Speyer House no data available no data available
Jay Gould House.jpg Jay Gould House 19th century 1906
Jerome Mansion crop.jpg Jerome Mansion 1865 1967
Historic American Buildings Survey, Arnold Moses, Photographer April 14, 1936, VIEW FROM SOUTH EAST. - Jordan L. Mott House, 2122 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York County, NY HABS NY,31-NEYO,40-2.tif Jordan L. Mott House 1880 1936
Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont Mansion.jpg Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont House 1909 1951
Mrs. Astor mansion 1895.jpg Mrs. William B. Astor House 1896 1926
Ogden Mills House 1887 late 1930s
The First Presidential Mansion.jpg Samuel Osgood House 1770 1856
Charles M. Schwab House.jpg Charles M. Schwab House 1906 1948
Sherwood Studio Building 1880 1960
William A. Clark House, Manhattan.jpg William A. Clark House 1911 1927
William C Whitney House.jpg William C. Whitney House 1880s no data available
WKVanderbiltHouse Cropped version.jpeg William K. Vanderbilt House 1882 1927
William Salomon House no data available no data available
William Ziegler House 1921 after 2008

Museums, exhibition space, libraries[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
New York Crystal Palace.jpg New York Crystal Palace 1853 1858
39 William England - Barnum's museum, New York.jpg Barnum's American Museum 1841 1868
Grand-Central-Palace-NYC.jpg Grand Central Palace 1911 1964
Lenox Library Loeffler.jpg Lenox Library 1877 1912

Office buildings, tenement houses, skycrapers[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Thomas Jefferson Association Building.jpg Thomas Jefferson Association Building 1890 1960
Liggett Building.jpg [5] 1922 2016
old (I) Trinity Court Building 1879 1926 Not to be confused with what still stands today Trinity Court Building (III).
Old American Stock Exchange Building 2009.JPG old (II) Trinity Court Building[6] 1927 2015 Not to be confused with what still stands today Trinity Court Building (III).
[7] 1880s/1890s (?) 1928
[8] 1890 1930
[9] 1902 no data available
[10] 1895 1974
[11] 1908 no data available
(King1893NYC) pg767 UNION TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK. 80 BROADWAY, OPPOSITE RECTOR STREET, BETWEEN WALL STREET AND EXCHANGE PLACE.jpg Union Trust Building[12] 1897 no data available
Commercial Cable Company Building[13] 1897 1954
Washington Building[14] 1885 no data available
[15] 1898 1969
old building in 99 Church Street 1871 c. 1950
99 Church Street[16] 1950 2008
425 Park Avenue[17] 1954 2016
[18] 1913 2001
[19] 1913 2016
Blair Building 1903 1955
The City Investing Building (cropped).jpg City Investing Building 1908 1968
(King1893NYC) pg677 THE EQUITABLE LIFE-ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. BROADWAY, BETWEEN PINE AND CEDAR STREETS (cropped).jpg Equitable Life Building 1868 1912
Gillender Building1900a.jpg Gillender Building 1897 1910
Harding Building 1910 1927
316 Fifth Avenue Kaskel & Kaskel Building.jpg Kaskel and Kaskel Building 1902 2017
Kemble Building 1886 1949
(King1893NYC) pg675 THE MANHATTAN LIFE-INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. 64 AND 66 BROADWAY (NOW BUILDING), BETWEEN WALL STREET AND EXCHANGE PLACE.jpg Manhattan Life Insurance Building 1894 1964
A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898) (14587166180).jpg Mills Building 1882 1925
New York Coliseum, ext. from park, 1956.jpg New York Coliseum 1856 2000
New York World Building New York City.jpg New York World Building 1890 1955
Historic American Buildings Survey, Photocopy, Courtesy of Museum of the City of New York J. Clarence Davies Collection, LITHOGRAPH OF VIEW FROM NORTHWEST 1874. - Tribune Building HABS NY,31-NEYO,75-8 (cropped).tif New York Tribune Building 1875 1966
Parker Building Fire 1908.jpg Parker Building 1900 1908
Prudence Building 1923 2016
Rogers Peet Building 1863 1898
King's Color-graphs of New York City9.jpg Singer Building 1908 1969
A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898) (14587258819).jpg St. Paul Building 1898 1958
Studebaker Building 1902 2004
Tenth Street Studio Building, 51 West 10th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, New York, New York LCCN2014645393.jpg Tenth Street Studio Building 1857 1956
A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898) (14587355647).jpg Tower Building 1889 1913
Western Union Telegraph Building.jpg Western Union Telegraph Building 1892 1912
World Trade Center, New York City - aerial view (March 2001).jpg World Trade Center 1973 2001
The Sphere - WTC.jpg 5 World Trade Center 1970 2001

Operas[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Academy of Music (New York City) crop.jpg Academy of Music 1854 1926
Astor Opera House crop.jpg Astor Opera House 1847 1890
Grand Opera House, 8th Avenue and 23rd Street - crop.jpg Grand Opera House 1868 1960
Harlem Opera House.png Harlem Opera House 1889 1959
Metropolitan opera 1905 crop.jpg Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street) 1883 1967

Prisons[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Historic American Buildings Survey, Photocopy, c. 1880, Courtesy of New-York Historical Society, VIEW NORTH ALONG SIXTH AVENUE. - Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of HABS NY,31-NEYO,65-8.tif Jefferson Market Prison 1877 1927
Ludlow street Jail c1862.jpg Ludlow Street Jail 1862 1927

Railway stations[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station 1917 1919
Ferry, Chambers Street, Manhattan. (3110612614).jpg Chambers Street Ferry Terminal 1856 1858
(King1893NYC) pg135 CORTLANDT-STREET FERRY. NORTH RIVER.jpg Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot no data available no data available
Hudson Terminal1910.jpg Hudson Terminal 1909 1972
Ferry, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Foot of Liberty Stree - (3110606800).jpg Liberty Street Ferry Terminal 1865 1970s
Terminal at 4th and 26th.jpg 26th Street terminal 1857 1869
Grand Central Depot (NYPL b13476047-421000).jpg Grand Central Depot 1871 c. 1903
Pennsylvania Station aerial view, 1910s.jpg Pennsylvania Station 1910 1963

Shopping malls[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Hylan Plaza 1966 2017
Astor Market at 95th Street and Broadway in Manhattan in 1915 - print.jpg Astor Market 1915 1917
Frederick Douglass Book Center 1942 1968
Gunther Building (Fifth Avenue) 1909 1943

Stadiums, sport buildings[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Louis Armstrong Stadium.jpg Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016) 1978 2016
Shea 10-12-07.jpg Shea Stadium 1964 2009
Yankee Stadium aerial from Blackhawk.jpg Yankee Stadium (1923) 1922 2010
StGeorgeCricketGrounds1.JPG St. George Cricket Grounds 1886 after 1889
Madison Square Garden (c.1879).jpg Madison Square Garden (I) 1879 1890
Madison-square2.jpg Madison Square Garden (II) 1890 1926
Madison Square Garden 1941 Postcard.jpg Madison Square Garden (III) 1925 1969

Theatres[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
39th Street Theatre 1910 1925
44th Street Theatre 1912 1945
American Music Hall 1888 1932
Apollo Theatre and Times Square Theatre (42nd Street) - cropped.jpg Apollo Theatre 1920 1996
Adelphi Theatre 1928 1970
Anthony Street Theatre 1812 1821
Astor Theatre, Broadway, 1936.jpg Astor Theatre 1906 1982
Bijou Theatre, 1239 Broadway, Manhattan.jpg Bijou Theatre 1878 1915
Old Bowery Theatre, Bowery, N.Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views - crop 2 - jpg version.jpg Bowery Theatre 1845 1929
Broadway Theatre 1912.png Broadway Theatre 1888 1925
Capitol Theatre, Broadway, New York City.jpg Capitol Theatre 1919 1968
Casino Theatre, Broadway and 39th Street, Manhattan - crop.jpg Casino Theatre 1882 1930
Center Theatre 1932 1954
New Theatre - NE exterior view - The Architect 1909.jpg Century Theatre 1906 1932
Chatham Garden Theatre exterior.png Chatham Garden Theatre 1824 1832
Chatham Theatre.png Chatham Theatre 1839 1862
Comedy Theatre 1909 1942
Daly's 63rd Street Theatre 1921 1957
(King1893NYC) pg875 BROADWAY AND 29TH STREET, SHOWING IMPERIAL MUSIC HALL AND DALY'S THEATRE.jpg Daly's Theatre 1867 1920
Fifthavetheat.JPG Fifth Avenue Theatre 1868 1939
Civic Repertory Theatre 1936.jpg Fourteenth Street Theatre 1866 1938
Fulton Theater, New York City.jpg Fulton Theatre 1911 1982
Garden Theatre 1890 1925
A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898) (14771501924).jpg Garrick Theatre 1890 1932
Grand Opera House, 8th Avenue and 23rd Street - crop.jpg Grand Opera House 1868 1960
Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia e2 283-0.jpg Grand Theatre 1903 1930
Herald Square Theatre at night.jpg Herald Square Theatre 1883 1915
Hippotheatron New York 1872.jpg Hippotheatron 1864 1872
Our theatres to-day and yesterday (1913) (14579859219).jpg John Street Theatre 1767 1798
Broadway theatres 1920.jpg Knickerbocker Theatre 1893 1930
Lafayette-Theatre-Macbeth-1936-2.jpg Lafayette Theatre 1912 2013
Lyceum Theatre - Fourth Avenue 1885.jpg Lyceum Theatre 1885 1902
(King1893NYC) pg603 HOYT'S MADISON-SQUARE THEATRE, 24th STREET, NEAR BROADWAY.jpg Madison Square Theatre 1865 1908
Eagle-Theatre.jpg Manhattan Theatre 1875 1909
Maxine Elliott's Theatre LCCN2014681544.jpg Maxine Elliott's Theatre 1908 1960
Miner's Bowery Theatre 1878 1929
National Theater 1912 1959
New Century Theatre 1921 1962
The New York Theatre, 728 Broadway, 1867 - jpg version.jpg New Theatre Comique 1839 1884
New York Hippodrome -.jpg New York Hippodrome 1905 1939
New York Vauxhall Gardens 1803.jpg New York Vauxhall Gardens 1767 1859
Niblo's Garden c.1887.jpg Niblo's Garden 1823 1895
Broadway Theatre, 326-30 Broadway, New York City.jpg Old Broadway Theatre 1847 1859
Park Theatre, Brooklyn.jpg Park Theatre (Brooklyn) 1863 1908
Park Row and Park Theatre.jpg Park Theatre (Manhattan) 1798 1848
Playhouse Theatre 1911 1969
Roxy Theatre 1927 1960
Theatre Comique 1862 1881
Theatre on Nassau Street 1732 1765
Vanderbilt Theatre 1918 1954
Star Theatre (formerly Wallack's Theatre), 844 Broadway, New York City in 1900 (demolished).jpg Wallack's Theatre 1850 1901
Masonic Union, Tripler Hall, NYC.jpg Winter Garden Theatre 1850 1867
Ziegfeld-Theatre-1931.jpg Ziegfeld Theatre 1927 1966

Villages[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
New Brighton Village Hall 1871 2004
Fenn Macomb Mansion Harper's Oct 1899.jpg Alexander Macomb House 1788 1940

Other buildings[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
42nd Street Airlines Terminal 1941 1978
Annual report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park (1858) (17813242363).jpg Central Park Casino 1862 1936
PearlStreetStation.jpg Pearl Street Station before 1882 1890
Frontispiece to Views of the Public Buildings in the City of New York (Rotunda, Corner of Chambers and Cross Streets) MET MM57838.jpg The Rotunda 1818 1870
Tontine coffee house.jpg Tontine Coffee House 1793 1905

Other structures[]

Image
Name
Date of built
Date of demolition
Comment
Dewey Arch, New York.jpg Dewey Arch 1899 1900
Latting Observatory.png Latting Observatory 1853 1856
Lincoln Arcade 1903 1960
Macombs Dam, Harlem River 1850 crop.jpg Macombs Dam c. 1814 c. 1858
Putnam Bridge.jpg Putnam Bridge 1881 1958

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON091.htm
  2. ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON080.htm
  3. ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON084.htm
  4. ^ a b http://www.nycago.org/organs/nyc/html/EmanuEl.html
  5. ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/114365/liggett-building-new-york-city-ny-usa
  6. ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON095.htm
  7. ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON088.htm
  8. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Columbia Building".
  9. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Transit Building".
  10. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Wolfe Building".
  11. ^ "New York Architecture Images- German American Insurance Building".
  12. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Union Trust Building".
  13. ^ "Commercial Cable Building - the Skyscraper Center".
  14. ^ "New York Architecture Images- WASHINGTON BUILDING".
  15. ^ "Washington Life Building - the Skyscraper Center".
  16. ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/149066/99-church-street-new-york-city-ny-usa
  17. ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/115199/425-park-avenue-new-york-city-ny-usa
  18. ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/102469/union-carbide-carbon-building-new-york-city-ny-usa
  19. ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116385/vanderbilt-avenue-building-new-york-city-ny-usa

Literature[]

  • Nathan Silver: Lost New York, Rare Book Cellar, 1967, First Edition; Third Printing, ISBN 9780517167038
  • Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.

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