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Encyclopedia > City Hall (Manhattan)
City Hall in its modern setting
City Hall in its modern setting

New York City Hall is the center of New York City's municipal government. The mayor's office is in City Hall, the City Council meets there, and press conferences are frequently held on the steps. New Yorks City Hall File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... New Yorks City Hall File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. ...


The official setting for most mayoral news conferences is in the Blue Room.


City Hall is in Lower Manhattan, on Murray Street between Broadway and Park Row. It faces south to a small, recently renovated park. Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway The Lower Manhattan skyline as viewed from Hoboken, New Jersey. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ...


When finished in 1812, it was at the north end of the city. The front is marble and granite, the back is sandstone. 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Red Sandstone in Wyoming Sandstone is an arenaceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. ...


On July 23, 2003 at 2:08 p.m., a fatal shooting occurred inside City Hall. Othniel Askew, a political rival of City Councilman James E. Davis, opened fire in the chamber's balcony, killing Davis just minutes after the two had entered City Hall together. Askew was shot and killed by a plainclothes officer who was on the council speaker's security detail. The two did not pass through a metal detector, which is not unusual for elected officials and their guests. As a result of the security breach, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said that, effective immediately, he and all other elected officials and their guests must go through the metal detectors. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James E. Davis (April 3, 1962 - July 23, 2003) was a New York City policeman, corrections officer and councilman. ... A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to search for weapons and ammunition in Iraq Metal detectors use electromagnetic induction to detect metal. ... Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Mike Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a businessman and mayor of New York City. ...


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New York City Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words)
New York City Hall is the seat of government of the City of New York.
City Hall is located in Lower Manhattan on Murray Street between Broadway and Park Row and across from one of the campuses of Pace University.
City Hall houses the mayor's office and the New York City Council.
City Hall (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1487 words)
City Hall is the original southern terminal of the first line of the New York City Subway, built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), named the "Manhattan Main Line", and now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.
Opened on October 27, 1904, this station underneath the public area in front of City Hall was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway.
City Hall station, built on a tight curve, would have been difficult to lengthen, and it was also quite close to the far busier Brooklyn Bridge station.
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