Old New York buildings that no longer exist.
The grand mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the guy who basically vanderbuilt this city (ugh, sorry for that joke. Even I didn’t LOL).
One of the reasons I moved to New York was to live in a place that had some real history. My old neighbor who used to come over randomly, stoned out of her mind said it best when she said: “New York is where this country originally started, so we are standing on the blood, sweat, and tears of the people who created everything we know.”
That being said, New York is also constantly changing. When I visit other cities like New Orleans, Miami, and San Francisco I get a distinct feel for the architecture, and the histories of the people who lived there before. New York is a completely different beast entirely, since the histories of the founders change depending on the block.
To celebrate the shit-show of architecture that is New York, I tracked down a few old, beautiful buildings that no longer exist. New York may be a city where we are all looking for the next best thing, but sometimes its also nice to stop and reflect on all the beautiful things that came before.
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The Hippodrome Theatre at 6th and 43rd was torn down in 1939. It was one of the largest theatres of its time with a capacity of 5,200. Beyonce wouldn’t even have gotten out of bed for that.
The Ziegfeld Theater at 6th and 54th lasted from 1927 to 1966, when a skyscraper came in and snatched the wig right off its head.
The Singer Building was completed in 1908, and torn down in 1968. Singer, who?
The Central Park Casino was a nice restaurant and nightclub in the late 1800s. It was torn down in 1936. I guess they used a flickering candle for a strobe light?
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