List of demolished buildings and structures in New York City
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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the condition of the building was no longer adequate, but it also happened that its style was already ostentatious and outdated.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[]
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Brooklyn Savings Bank | 1894 | 1964 | |
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old New York Cotton Exchange[1] | 1885 | 1922 | |
[1] | [2] | 1911 | no data available | |
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Deutsche Bank Building | 1973 | 2011 | |
[2] | Gallatin Bank Building | 1887 | 1929 | |
[3] | Hanover Bank Building | 1903 | 1931 | |
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[3] | 1861 | c. 1880 | |
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New York Produce Exchange | 1884 | 1958 |
Churches[]
Christian churches[]
Jewish churches (Synagogues)[]
[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. |
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Temple Emanu-El (III) | 1868 | 1927 | Not confuse with the new Temple Emanu-El (built in 1930). |
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Temple Beth-El | 1891 | 1947 | |
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Synagogue in E63d Street | 1873 | before 1911 |
Forts[]
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Fort Gansevoort | 1812 | 1854 | |
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Fort Lafayette | 1822 | 1960 |
Hospitals[]
Parkchester General Hospital | 1941 | 1978 | ||
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U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 | 1917 | 1919 | |
[6] | Doctors Hospital | 1929 | 2005 | |
[7] | Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic | early 1900s | 1990s | |
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Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital | 1917 | 1919 | |
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Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers | 1849 | 2010 |
Hotels[]
Industrial buildings[]
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5 Pointz | 1892 | 2014 |
Mansions[]
Museums, exhibition space, libraries[]
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New York Crystal Palace | 1853 | 1858 | |
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Barnum's American Museum | 1841 | 1868 | |
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Grand Central Palace | 1911 | 1964 | |
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Lenox Library | 1877 | 1912 |
Office buildings, tenement houses, skycrapers[]
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Thomas Jefferson Association Building | 1890 | 1960 | |
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[5] | 1922 | 2016 | |
old (I) Trinity Court Building | 1879 | 1926 | Not to be confused with what still stands today Trinity Court Building (III). | |
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 | ||
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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 | ||
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City Investing Building | 1908 | 1968 | |
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Equitable Life Building | 1868 | 1912 | |
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Gillender Building | 1897 | 1910 | |
Harding Building | 1910 | 1927 | ||
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Kaskel and Kaskel Building | 1902 | 2017 | |
Kemble Building | 1886 | 1949 | ||
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Manhattan Life Insurance Building | 1894 | 1964 | |
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Mills Building | 1882 | 1925 | |
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New York Coliseum | 1856 | 2000 | |
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New York World Building | 1890 | 1955 | |
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New York Tribune Building | 1875 | 1966 | |
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Parker Building | 1900 | 1908 | |
Prudence Building | 1923 | 2016 | ||
Rogers Peet Building | 1863 | 1898 | ||
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Singer Building | 1908 | 1969 | |
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St. Paul Building | 1898 | 1958 | |
Studebaker Building | 1902 | 2004 | ||
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Tenth Street Studio Building | 1857 | 1956 | |
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Tower Building | 1889 | 1913 | |
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Western Union Telegraph Building | 1892 | 1912 | |
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World Trade Center | 1973 | 2001 | |
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5 World Trade Center | 1970 | 2001 |
Operas[]
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Academy of Music | 1854 | 1926 | |
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Astor Opera House | 1847 | 1890 | |
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Grand Opera House | 1868 | 1960 | |
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Harlem Opera House | 1889 | 1959 | |
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Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street) | 1883 | 1967 |
Prisons[]
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Jefferson Market Prison | 1877 | 1927 | |
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Ludlow Street Jail | 1862 | 1927 |
Railway stations[]
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station | 1917 | 1919 | ||
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Chambers Street Ferry Terminal | 1856 | 1858 | |
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Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot | no data available | no data available | |
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Hudson Terminal | 1909 | 1972 | |
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Liberty Street Ferry Terminal | 1865 | 1970s | |
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26th Street terminal | 1857 | 1869 | |
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Grand Central Depot | 1871 | c. 1903 | |
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Pennsylvania Station | 1910 | 1963 |
Shopping malls[]
Hylan Plaza | 1966 | 2017 | ||
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Astor Market | 1915 | 1917 | |
Frederick Douglass Book Center | 1942 | 1968 | ||
Gunther Building (Fifth Avenue) | 1909 | 1943 |
Stadiums, sport buildings[]
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Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016) | 1978 | 2016 | |
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Shea Stadium | 1964 | 2009 | |
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Yankee Stadium (1923) | 1922 | 2010 | |
St. George Cricket Grounds | 1886 | after 1889 | ||
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Madison Square Garden (I) | 1879 | 1890 | |
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Madison Square Garden (II) | 1890 | 1926 | |
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Madison Square Garden (III) | 1925 | 1969 |
Theatres[]
Villages[]
New Brighton Village Hall | 1871 | 2004 | ||
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Alexander Macomb House | 1788 | 1940 |
Other buildings[]
42nd Street Airlines Terminal | 1941 | 1978 | ||
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Central Park Casino | 1862 | 1936 | |
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Pearl Street Station | before 1882 | 1890 | |
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The Rotunda | 1818 | 1870 | |
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Tontine Coffee House | 1793 | 1905 |
Other structures[]
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Dewey Arch | 1899 | 1900 | |
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Latting Observatory | 1853 | 1856 | |
Lincoln Arcade | 1903 | 1960 | ||
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Macombs Dam | c. 1814 | c. 1858 | |
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Putnam Bridge | 1881 | 1958 |
References[]
- ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON091.htm
- ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON080.htm
- ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON084.htm
- ^ a b http://www.nycago.org/organs/nyc/html/EmanuEl.html
- ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/114365/liggett-building-new-york-city-ny-usa
- ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON095.htm
- ^ https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON088.htm
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- Columbia Building".
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- Transit Building".
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- Wolfe Building".
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- German American Insurance Building".
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- Union Trust Building".
- ^ "Commercial Cable Building - the Skyscraper Center".
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- WASHINGTON BUILDING".
- ^ "Washington Life Building - the Skyscraper Center".
- ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/149066/99-church-street-new-york-city-ny-usa
- ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/115199/425-park-avenue-new-york-city-ny-usa
- ^ https://www.emporis.com/buildings/102469/union-carbide-carbon-building-new-york-city-ny-usa
- ^ 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.
Related pages[]
Other links[]
- https://www.bygonely.com/new-york-city-demolished-buildings-landmarks/
- https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/12/21011629/new-york-buildings-demolition-decade-photo-essay
- https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON.htm
- https://www.businessinsider.com/demolished-new-york-buildings-2014-9
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63413/15-new-york-citys-lost-landmarks
- https://hu.pinterest.com/gerrygouy/demolished-new-york/
- http://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2015/06/10/20-historic-buildings-that-were-demolished/
- Demolished buildings and structures in New York City