Bronx County Jail, 1940.

Constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1937, the Art Deco Bronx County Jail was designed by Joseph Freedlander, who also created the Bronx County Courthouse and the Museum of the City of New York. The 350-cell jail building was well received (at least as an architectural feature), its ornamented facade of granite and limestone giving the impression of a stately office building.

Highly visible, given its location only a few blocks from Yankee Stadium, the jail operated for more than 60 years. The jail, which was later more commonly referred to as the Bronx House of Detention, closed in 2000. A few years later the city struck a deal with a developer to demolish the building for the construction of the Gateway Center, a retail space and new park along the river. The development, now called the Bronx Terminal Market, is a shopping mall that encompasses both the former jail property and a former wholesale fruit and vegetable market. A number of architectural features, including ornate stone panels and the sculpted stone eagles were saved before the building was razed. These ornaments have been installed on the River Avenue facade of the new complex.