Civic Center (Manhattan)

The Civic Center is the administrative and government district in downtown Manhattan, which extends around the New York City Hall.

Location

The heart of the neighborhood is the City Hall Park. To the west of Broadway and TriBeCa limited, in the north of China Town, east of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge and south of the Financial District, the Civic Center.

Institutions

As in other administrative areas are also important public administrative, judicial and government buildings such as the Town Hall ( the New York City Hall), One Police Plaza, the Manhattan Municipal Building and the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Foley Square, New York City Hall Park are also located in this district.

Directly adjacent to the Civic Center are the African Burial Ground, which the New York Downtown Hospital and South Street Seaport, which are sometimes also count towards the Civic Center Pace University.

History

This part of Manhattan was at the heart of the newspaper publishers in the 1880s. The offices of the publishers were in the 19th century, especially around the Park Row 38 In the late 19th century a skyscraper after another was built in this district, which was then broken record heights.

Today, however, the level of these skyscrapers appear modest. In the meantime, give these old buildings the neighborhood a historic flair and impress with their imposing architecture. It is this heritage buildings from different eras of Manhattan's history shape the face of the area. Particularly noteworthy here are the Woolworth Building, the City Hall of 1811 and from the 18th century, the St. Paul's Chapel - the oldest building in New York City, which was used throughout in the same way.

Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 here, many people have moved there. Meanwhile, about 20,000 people live in the Civic Center. This is for New York standards, not very much, because usually about 35,000 people in Manhattan live on a similar surface according to the U.S. Census. But in Civic Center provide much space for offices of public institutions is needed. In addition, there are a number of squares and parks. Nevertheless, several buildings have been redeveloped in the past, so that more living space emerged, so that the number of residents could increase.