South of Union Square
Menu
Place
Share
79 Clark Street
Posts & Stories
(2)
100 Clark Street
Post
Buildings razed on the west side of Cadman Plaza West (formerly Fulton Street), August, 1964. Today, the Cadman Towers residential development stands on the site. The mansard-roofed building at center is No. 100 Clark Street, at the northwest corner of Monroe Place.
97 Clark Street
Post
97 Clark Street, October 12, 1958. This 40-foot wide mansion was known as the Ford Mansion, as it was once the home of Gordon L. Ford and later his son, Paul Leicester Ford. Gordon was the business manager for the New York Tribune and had a hand in banking and railroad interests. Paul was a journalist, writer, and noted bibliographer of Revolutionary War America. (Another son, Worthington, was chief of the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.) Paul was killed in a murder suicide enacted by the third brother Malcolm in 1902. In the 1960s as this, and other nearby buildings were being prepped for demolition as part of the urban renewal plans, preservationists saved the home's railing in hope to reuse it the restoration of another historic Heights house, the Peter Cornell home. That house was demolished as well and the railing is now in the Sculpture Garden at the Brooklyn Museum, among other architectural artifacts. The early 1970s building that replaced the demolished Ford Mansion is the massive Cadman Towers, a 421-unit, almost Brutalist, co-op building (given the address 101 Clark Street).
Photos
(16)
View fullscreen
109 Clark Street
Brooklyn: Spencer Trask House, 28 Monroe Place, 1922. Later Peabody House.
1 Monroe Place
1 Monroe Pl Facade of four-story brownstone house at 1 Monroe Place; top floor appears to be shingled; roof has widow's walk; iron fence along side, two small trees and fire hydrant in foreground and intersecting streets.
109 Clark Street
Brooklyn: Langdon House, \[109-111 Clark Street, 1922.]
109 Clark Street
Brooklyn: Langdon House, 109-111 Clark Street, 1922.
232 Fulton Street (pre-1965)
\[Corner of Clark Street (not shown) is at left. ] Corner of Clark Street (not shown) is at left. Meat & poultry market is on this corner (far left, just visible.) To the right of it is Fancy Fruits Groceries (#240 Fulton), then Commercial French Cleaners ("est. 1905"), #234 Fulton Street. David L. Lane's Real Est. & Insurance, #232 Fulton Street. Weinstein Glass Heights Sea Food Market, #230 Fulton Street (right.)
105 Henry Street
\[Plymouth Lounge - Coffee Shoppe, Henry Street.] Plymouth Lounge - Coffee Shoppe, Henry Street. Portion of Heights Hand Laundry (#105 Henry Street) at left.
101 Clark Street
\[Henry Street (eastside) looking north.] Henry Street (eastside) looking north. Northeast corner of Clark Street at right.
97 Clark Street
\[#97 Clark Street.] \#97 Clark Street (with vines.) Picture taken from west side of Monroe Place.
91 Clark Street
\[Clark Street. Part of #93-95 (an apartment house at right.) #91 (center); "The Orriw" (apartments) at #89 Clark Street at left.] Clark Street. Part of #93-95 (an apartment house at right.) #91 (center); "The Orriw" (apartments) at #89 Clark Street at left.
224 Fulton Street (pre-1965)
\[Knapp Antiques, #224 Fulton Street is in light-colored center building #222 at right of it, #226 at left of it.] Knapp Antiques, #224 Fulton Street is in light-colored center building #222 at right of it, #226 at left of it.
115 Henry Street
\[View of east side of Henry Street looking north toward Clark Street. #115 Henry Street large apartment house on corner (left.)] View of east side of Henry Street looking north toward Clark Street. #115 Henry Street large apartment house on corner (left.)
97 Clark Street
\[93-95 Clark Street and 97 Clark Street.] 93-95 Clark Street (left) 97 Clark Street.
97 Clark Street
\[North side of Clark Street.] North side of Clark Street looking east toward Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights.
Clark Street at Monroe Place
\[Fulton Street.] Fulton Street.
100 Clark Street
\[Fulton Street.] Fulton Street.
109 Clark Street
Brooklyn: Clark Street - Henry Street 109-111 Clark Street, between Henry and Fulton Streets. (In the foreground, is seen Monroe Place, a short street beginning at Clark Street, and running west to the East River). April 13, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (u) The same, showing the same view nine years earlier. 1922\. Augene L. Armbruster Collection.
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Open Map
