New York City Civic Center Architectural Landmarks

Vaulted walkway in the David Dinkins Manhattan Municiapl Building’s center arch. ©Elizabeth Holmes

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New York City Civic Center, set within the heart of Lower Manhattan, is the epicenter of New York City Government and features many classical landmarked buildings. It is boarded by Chinatown to the north; the Financial District to the south; the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge to the east; and Tribeca to the west.  

When visiting Civic Center, here are some of the buildings I have photographed and would recommend seeing.

Surrogate’s Court | New York County is a historic building at the corner of Centre and Chambers Street. Completed in 1907 it was designed in the Beaux Arts style. ©Elizabeth Holmes

View of Chambers Street architectural landmarks: Tweed Courthouse, Surrogate’s Court and the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building. ©Elizabeth Holmes

Sculpted male and woman figures sit on either side and coat of arms of a colonist and an Indian above the entrance of the Beaux-Arts Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank at 49 Chambers Street, New York City designed by Raymond F. Almirall was built between 1909 and 1912. ©Elizabeth Holmes

David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building Plaza at 1 Centre Street designed in Roman Imperial,, Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance or Beaux-Arts by McKim Mead & White from 1909 through 1914. ©Elizabeth Holmes

South Arcade at the David Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building designed in Roman Imperial,, Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance or Beaux-Arts by McKim Mead & White from 1909 through 1914. ©Elizabeth Holmes

The Sun Building at 270 Broadway designed by John B. Snook was constructed between 1845-1846. First known as the A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store, it was considereed the site of one of the nations’s first department stores and the first Italiante commercial buiilding in New York City. It later housed the New York Sun Newspaper and in 1995 became a private/public initative of city government and space retail.. ©Elizabeth Holmes

New York County Courthouse/New York State Supreme Court designed from 1913-1927 by Guy Lowell in the Roman classical style is located at 60 Centre Street in Foley Square. ©Elizabeth Holmes

Steps of the Thurgood Marchel US Courthouse at 40 Centre Street designed in 1932 - 1936 in the classical revival style by Cass Gilbert and Cass Gilbert Jr. ©Elizabeth Holmes