[HN Gopher] The ghost of a colonial road on the eastern side of ...
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The ghost of a colonial road on the eastern side of the Chrysler
Building
Author : cvarjas
Score : 43 points
Date : 2023-12-27 16:26 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| panzagl wrote:
| Somehow none of the included pictures made obvious to me what the
| article was talking about, but the google maps view makes it very
| apparent.
| pseudosavant wrote:
| My exact experience too.
| mikestew wrote:
| When I took enough time to look at the picture of the old map,
| then read the paragraph, and refer back to the map, _then_ I
| could see it. But, yeah, it becomes readily apparent once you
| go to the map app of your choice and look at 42nd and Lexington
| to find the east side of the Chrysler building.
|
| Were the author to superimpose the Chrysler building plot on
| top of that old map, it would have been much more clear, IMO.
| gumby wrote:
| I imagine the author to be a long time / lifetime new yorker
| and that they assumed the reader to be the same.
|
| I had no problem visualising the situation not because I have
| some special brainpower but just due to knowing the building
| and Manhattan.
| fnordpiglet wrote:
| Another colonial era street, which actually still exists, is
| Stone St. It was bisected by the construction of 85 Broad street,
| which was built on top of stone street. However the street
| actually continues THROUGH the lobby, which is the original
| cobble stones, and is still a public space (although you have to
| go through security to travel the original street). There are
| excellent bars and restaurants on the outdoor parts of the
| original stone street.
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Street_(Manhattan)
| Kon-Peki wrote:
| At some point, decades prior to construction, the road would have
| been vacated and either became a stand-alone parcel or (more
| likely) became part of the parcel directly to the east. You can
| probably assume that a fairly important/large building was there
| in the late 1800s.
|
| If the road still existed when the Chrysler Building was being
| planned, you would assume that NYC would have vacated it and made
| it part of that parcel. And then the Chrysler Building would have
| a perfectly rectangular base.
| epc wrote:
| It's reflected in three properties on that block, the Chrysler
| building itself and its neighbors (it's BBL 1297-23, 1297-27
| and 1297-33). Oddly it only shows up on that block, blocks to
| the north and south don't show the outline of the road.
|
| Not sure if this will link correctly:
| https://propertyinformationportal.nyc.gov/parcels/parcel/101...
| wavesquid wrote:
| I think you can see it up at a building on E 47th:
| https://imgur.com/a/9dsKmGP
| tmm wrote:
| Nothing to add about the article, but I think the Chrysler
| Building is the most beautiful skyscraper I've ever seen.
|
| Somehow it only ranks 9th in the list of America's Favorite
| Architecture[1]. Which I suppose has more to do with name
| recognition than anything else.
|
| [1]
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Favorite_Archite...
| Trasmatta wrote:
| I live in NYC and I'm killing time at Grand Central reading this.
| I'm going to walk over literally right this moment to take a
| look, it's just down the street.
|
| EDIT: can confirm, here are two pics I just took:
| https://imgur.com/a/EqAyICA
| entropy47 wrote:
| The picture I was looking for in the article! Thanks.
| Sniffnoy wrote:
| This is a link to a tag on the blog rather than the particular
| blog post. It should link here:
| https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2022/09/15/the-ghost-...
| Projectiboga wrote:
| I live near Lexington ave and 29th street, so I will definitely
| check this out.
| tiborsaas wrote:
| I've just seen a good video about art-deco buildings and their
| comeback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VNP9RYIS_E
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