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From Pond To Park: The History Of The Collect Pond Site
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By Robert Pigott As a bit of greenery opposite the Criminal Court on Centre Street has replaced an unsightly municipal parking lot, the name given this new park -– Collect Pond Park -- evokes 400 years of New York City history. The soggy origins of the block containing the new park pre-date the 17th-century encounter of the Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam and the Native Americans who inhabited the woods, fields, streams, and ponds that were pre-colonial Manhattan. Read this in its original format here.
125 Worth Street
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South from 125 Worth Street, view of Thomas Paine Park and Foley Square beyond. In the late 18th century the land that is now Thomas Paine Park was part of a freshwater swamp. Now surrounded by municipal buildings and courthouses, during the Revolution it was encircled by three former British prisons for American rebels. Later part of the notorious Five Points, most of its buildings were condemned in the late 19th century. The City acquired the land in 1913, and it was officially named for the patriot and author Thomas Paine in 1977. In 2000, it along with nearby parcels in Foley Square were combined to form one larger open space.
125 Worth Street
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Public Buildings and Court Houses: Manhattan, Department of Health, 125 Worth Street, 1938
125 Worth Street
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125 Worth Street, 1936. Designed by Charles B. Meyers in a mix of Classical Revival and Art Deco styles, 125 Worth Street was constructed between 1932 and 1935. The large structure first housed the city's Department of Health. Today it is home to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Health and Hospitals Corporation and the Sanitation Department.
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125 Worth Street
125 Worth Street. City of New York, Health Building
125 Worth Street
Looking south through Foley Square, from Worth Street
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street. Detail of Centre Street entrance.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street. Centre Street entrance detail.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street. Centre Street entrance detail.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
\[Centre Street façade of Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation Departments Building, 125 Worth Street.] Originally NYC Department of Health Building.
125 Worth Street
Manhattan: Centre Street - Pearl Street (1) \tCentre Street (right), north from but not including Pearl Street, showing (center of view) prominently the Building for the Department of Health, Hospitals and Sanitation on the north side of Worth Street, between Centre and Lafayette (left) Streets. Also shown (right) is part of the New York State Office Building, on the east side of Centre Street, north from Worth to Leonard Streets. The area appearing the foreground is known as Foley Square. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr. (2) \tThe same, a closer view, and showing a small part on the west side of Centre Street, north from Pearl to Worth Streets; a part of the Square. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr. (3) \tThe same, a more limited view. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr.
125 Worth Street
Manhattan: Centre Street - Pearl Street (1) \tCentre Street (right), north from but not including Pearl Street, showing (center of view) prominently the Building for the Department of Health, Hospitals and Sanitation on the north side of Worth Street, between Centre and Lafayette (left) Streets. Also shown (right) is part of the New York State Office Building, on the east side of Centre Street, north from Worth to Leonard Streets. The area appearing the foreground is known as Foley Square. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr. (2) \tThe same, a closer view, and showing a small part on the west side of Centre Street, north from Pearl to Worth Streets; a part of the Square. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr. (3) \tThe same, a more limited view. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr.
125 Worth Street
Manhattan 27, Department of Health, Hospitals & Sanitation, 125 Worth St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Collect Pond
Episode 50: Canal Street and Collect Pond We celebrate a year of New York City history podcasting by re-visiting the topic of our very first show. Downtown Civic Center used to have a big pond in the middle of it which provided drinking water for the island's first inhabitants. What happened to it, why is it important today and how did it give rise to Canal Street, New York's biggest traffic thoroughfare?
125 Worth Street
Manhattan: Centre Street - Pearl Street (1) \tCentre Street (right), north from but not including Pearl Street, showing (center of view) prominently the Building for the Department of Health, Hospitals and Sanitation on the north side of Worth Street, between Centre and Lafayette (left) Streets. Also shown (right) is part of the New York State Office Building, on the east side of Centre Street, north from Worth to Leonard Streets. The area appearing the foreground is known as Foley Square. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr. (2) \tThe same, a closer view, and showing a small part on the west side of Centre Street, north from Pearl to Worth Streets; a part of the Square. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr. (3) \tThe same, a more limited view. April 18, 1937 P. L. Sperr.
125 Worth Street
Public Buildings and Court Houses: Manhattan, Department of Health, 125 Worth Street
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