Unless otherwise noted, the Now shots were taken on July 6, 2010.
New York Stock Exchange
Cushman continued is trek through downtown by revisiting Wall Street, which is where he took his first color shot back on June 6, 1941. The shot below was taken from where the statue of George Washington sits in front of Federal Hall. Due to the heavy volume of tourists, it was not possible to get the exact angle. Maybe next year.
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Wall Street from Broad
Again, Cushman is attempting to do another Then and Now shot. His first shot in 1941 was of Trinity Church from this general area.
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Wall Street from Broad
Yet another.
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View West on Wall Street
And another.
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Delmonico’s
This is another part of the city that has pretty much remaind intact. Even the advertising on the building in the background remains the same. Delmonico’s is on Beaver and (I believe) Broad Streets.
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View Up Maiden Lane from Pearl Street
This is a shot of what was The German-American Insurance Company Building. According to this New York Times piece, it was (tragically in my mind) razed in the mid-1970s in order to widen the streets to improve traffic flow to the World Trade Center. My guess is that it didn’t make a dent in improving traffic flow in the area.
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Woolworth Tower from Beekman Street
Harvey’s is gone, as is the building where it was located. Today, what appears to be a massive office building or co-op is under construction.
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City Hall Square from Park Row
The Now shot was taken on August 15, 2010.
Cushman walked up Beekman to City Hall Park. It is my guess that he may have returned to take some Then and Now shots of the World and Tribunal Buildings that he took in 1941. Alas, as explained on the June 6, 1941 page, these buildings were razed in the late 1950s to make room for rams to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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St. Paul’s Chapel on Broadway at Ann Street
The angle is off a bit due to the omnipresent construction scaffolding that litters this area. The massive Hudson Terminal Building can be seen in the background of Cushman’s shot. It would be razed several years later to make rook for the World Trade Center.
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