Added:
World Telegram Building
Tenements from the old Washington Market area
Bogardus Building(same neighborhood)
40 Rector Street
Trinity Church(#500, still incomplete)
28 West Street
The Gas station on the site of 90 Washington Street
Diner and tenement at the corner of Rector and Washington
Battery Garage (only the 1950 version, the awful addition was built in 1968)
I’ll add photos after and extend the list as well.
I got bored and built the Whitehall Buildings at last; considering the others are done, that block is nearly complete. The only exception is the small park area, which was pulled up and replaced by that giant black box at 2 Washington Street.
Here are photos;
World Telegram Building and it’s extinct neighbors (WIP)
These have nothing new, but here are some shots of some lost or forgotten landmarks from a few weeks ago I admire that I thought I’d share. Until next time…
Thanks; I try to aim for accuracy as great as possible, I get cast in the shadow though by all of the younger kids that recreate the twin towers terribly and try to show off as if they’re the overlord. One day that’ll change.
But anyways, time for yet another update. We have 535 buildings now. Additions;
294 Broadway, Dun Building - Demolished 1969
296 Broadway - Demolished 1970
298 Broadway, Chanler Building - Demolished 1970
300 Broadway - Demolished 1970
302 Broadway, Vincent Building - Demolished 1970
Thanks to floorplans and different resources from Fordham I was able to give the Vincent Building it’s proper floorplan.
Added the South Ferry Building, demolished in 1969 for 1 State Street Plaza. It is actually 6 buildings in one; two 12 story wings, one 6 story wing, and 3 separate 2 story portions.
Began the curvy tenements between the Ferry Building and Chesebrough Building. Not quite done.
That’s it for updates and addons as of current. I’m planning to do more south near the ferry area. I made a lazy MS Paint chart of upcoming buildings, if all goes to plan.
(I’m going to take this time away to say 15 Moore Street is an awesome building)
Miniature Update: I started near the Brooklyn Bridge area again.
So far I bulldozed the end portion of the bridge to redo it, renovated the World Building, and added a few tenements on the block with the Black Building (1905-1962).
My paranoia is getting to me: can anyone help me locate color pictures of the St. Paul Building from the 1950s? I’ve seen the colored photos and postcards from the early days, but I’m digging for a color photo from the late years, as it was demolished in 1959.
I’ve found a showing of demolition from early 1959:
Well I’m starting the south Chase Block and I can’t find a frontal or base photo of 30 Pine so I’ll probably have to pay for a tax photo, considering they won’t finish digitalizing the damn things and I won’t be going back to NYC till october at the earliest.
-24 Pine Street,
-30 Pine Street,
-Manice Building,
-Home Insurance Building,
-Wadsworth Building,
-36 Pine Street
-40 Pine Street
-Continental Fire Building
I might change it back eventually, but the original 1954 copy was deleted because Microsoft sucks ass so if I go back I might go for 1956-57 to have 49 Wall Street and the Produce Exchange again.
My main hope if I change back is late 1956, so that I can have the Brooklyn Bridge onramps, as well as 20 Broad Street(sadly) but keep 49 Wall Street, 218 Broadway, and the Produce Exchange.
We’ll see how time treats this issue, but I will still progress.
Well, I had another vote, which was 5-2, so the year will be 1956 now.
Changes:
Atlantic Mutual Site: Old Building
Stock Exchange Site: New Building
Newspaper Row: Missing World Building
Chase Site: Excavation
2 Broadway: Produce Exchange