The Municipal Building from down Chambers Street.

The Manhattan Municipal Building is a 40-story building built to accomodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of New York City into The Five Boroughs. Construction began in 1909 and ended in 1915. Standing 580 feet (177 m) tall, its highest point is the largest statue in Manhattan. The architectural firm McKim, Mead and White designed it to be the first building to incorporate a New York City Subway station into its base. Enormously influential in the civic construction of other American cities, its modernized Roman architecture served as the prototype for the Terminal Tower in Cleveland, the Fisher Building in Detroit, and the Wrigley Building in Chicago. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R... The Five Boroughs of New York City The Five Boroughs may also mean The Five Burghs of the Danelaw. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. ... The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... The Romans adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. ... Tower City Center (also known Terminal Tower) is a landmark skyscraper located in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Official website: www. ... The Fisher Building Built in 1928, the Fisher Building has been nicknamed Detroits largest art object. Sitting on the corner of West Grand Boulevard and Second Street in Detroit, Michigan, the Art Deco skyscraper lies in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit. ... Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: http://www. ... The gleaming white Wrigley Building (410 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) is a skyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from the Tribune Tower. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ...

Located at the intersection of Chambers Street and Centre Street, the Municipal Building is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world. Thirteen civic agencies of New York City and a public radio station are located in the building, and 28,000 New Yorkers are married inside of it each year. There are 25 floors of work space (served by 33 elevators), with an additional 15 stories in the tower. WNYC are the call letters for two public radio stations in New York City. ... New Yorker may refer to: the magazine, The New Yorker a resident of New York City the hotel New Yorker a named passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between Detroit, MI and New York, NY This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

History

The central arch was inspired by the Arch of Constantine.

The government of New York City was increasingly starved for space since 1884, when in that year's annual report, Mayor Franklin Edson declared that more space was badly needed. But he also noted that City Hall was not expandable because its "style of architecture was such that without marring its present symmetry, it couldn't be enlarged to the required extent." The Arch of Constantine seen from the Colosseum The arch seen from Via Triumphalis Detail of the arch (southern side, left) The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Franklin Edson (1832 - 1904) was the Mayor of New York from 1883 to 1884. ... ...

The City's agencies rented various buildings strewn all the way from Downtown Manhattan up to Midtown Manhattan, with the number of such arrangements increasing by the year. The government, desiring to cut down the amount of rent paid to private landlords, held several design competitions for a new massive building that would be suitable to house many agencies under one roof. Mayor Abraham Hewitt appointed a commission to study suitable plans and plots of land in 1888, and four competitions were held between that year and 1907. The final competition was held by the Commissioner of Bridges, who had already secured a new plot of land to be used for a new trolley hub at the Manhattan base of Brooklyn Bridge. Twelve architectural firms entered what would be the last version of the competition, and the winning entry was received from a young partner of McKim, Mead and White, then the largest architectural firm in the world with a staff numbering over 100. Despite such standing in the architectural community, the Manhattan Municipal Building would be their first skyscraper. The term Downtown Manhattan may have different meanings to different people, especially depending on what part of New York City they live in. ... View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Map showing the tramway system in Oslo, Norway Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... Plan of one tower for the Brooklyn Bridge, 1867. ... McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. ... Taipei 101, considered the worlds tallest skyscraper. ...

The Woolworth Building and Municipal Building viewed from the southern edge of Chinatown.

The building was first occupied in January 1913, and the majority of the building's offices were opened to the public by 1916. Various types of sculpture and relief were used, but the building most closely resembles classic Roman architecture, with the Arch of Constantine being the inspiration for the design of the central arch. So grand is this arch that automobile traffic used to flow through, but in modern times the shortened Chambers Street no longer continues through to the other side. The 60-story Woolworth Building is one of the oldest – and one of the most famous – skyscrapers in New York City. ... Mott Street in Manhattans Chinatown in 2004. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The Romans adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. ... The Arch of Constantine seen from the Colosseum The arch seen from Via Triumphalis Detail of the arch (southern side, left) The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. ...

At present the Municipal Building is home to thirteen public agencies, employing 2,000 staff in nearly 1 million square feet of floorspace. A gift shop sells New York City maps, history books, and souvenirs of the city.

The Municipal Building as seen from street level near City Hall.

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Agencies

The following public agencies of New York City are housed in the building: Department of Finance, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Buildings, Office of Payroll Administration, County Clerk, Civil Service Commission, Public Advocate, Manhattan Borough President, Comptroller, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Tax Commission, and field offices for the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Inspector General, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, and the Mayor's Office. Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ... Buildings are combinatorial structures on which groups act; the theory of buildings was introduced by Jacques Tits and expounded in Kenneth S. Browns excellent monograph Buildings. ... Payroll is one of a series of accounting transactions dealing with the process of paying employees for services rendered, after processing of the various requirements for withholding of money from the employee for payment of payroll taxes, insurance premiums, employee benefits, garnishments and other deductions. ... The term county clerk has been commonly applied, in several English-speaking countries, to an influential employee of a county administration. ... A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... A comptroller may refer to a royal-household official who examines and supervises expenditures, or a public official who audits government accounts and sometimes certifies expenditures. ... For the legal term denoting a ruling or law of great import, see landmark case For the former Las Vegas hotel and casino, see The Landmark Hotel and Casino. ... Information technology (IT) or Information and communication(s) technology (ICT) is a broad subject concerned with technology and other aspects of managing and processing information, especially in large organizations. ... Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ... Inspector General is a fact finding officer whose responsibility is to investigate charges of corruption, fraud, waste and abuse and other complaints regarding government officials. ...

The statue: Civic Fame.

Civic Fame

The statue on top of the Municipal Building is a gilded figure called Civic Fame. At 25 feet tall, it is the largest statue in all of Manhattan. Constructed from sheets of copper with a hollow core, she is similar in this respect to the nearby Statue of Liberty. Standing barefoot, on a sphere, she wears a flowing dress and a crown of laurels to signify glory. In her left hand is a five-pointed crown, to signify Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island; in her right hand is a shield and a laurel branch to represent victory and triumph.
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Sources

1. NYC.Gov / Manhattan Municipal Building
2. Lower Manhattan Information - Question of the Week (What's the Statue?)
3. Emporis - Municipal Building, New York City

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