| 1803/00/00 |
Joseph Francois Mangin |
Principal Designer |
The cornerstone is laid for the current City Hall. |
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| 1812/00/00 |
John McComb |
Supervising Architect |
New York City's City Hall opens, many feel that it is too far north of the center of the City. |
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| 1831/07/07 |
James Monroe |
In memoriam |
Following a public funeral in that Gouverneur residence at 63 Prince Street (lost), James Monroe's casket is moved to City Hall where remarks are made. |
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| 1832/07/00 |
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Gathered in City Hall Park, a fearful crowd are told that the cholera epidemic, caused by miasma, a highly unpleasant or unhealthy vapor, has reached its peak. |
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Cholera Invades the West |
| 1842/10/14 |
James Renwick Jr |
Construction Supervisor |
The Croton Aqueduct opens to public use with great fanfare. The day-long celebration culminates in a fountain of water spouting to a height of 50 feet (15 m) from the decorative cast iron Croton Fountain in City Hall Park (razed). |
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| 1865/04/24 |
Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Mourner |
New Yorkers pay their respects to the fallen president lying in state at City Hall. After viewing the body lying on a bier, Augustus Saint-Gaudens waits in line for hours to view Lincoln a second time. |
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Funeral of Abraham Lincoln |
| 1871/00/00 |
Jacob Wrey Mould |
Architect |
The Croton Fountain is replaced by a new fountain designed by Jacob Wrey Mould, which became the centerpiece of the park. Concerts are held at the park during the 1870s. |
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| 1920/00/00 |
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The Mould's Fountain is disassembled and moved to Crotona Park in the Bronx. |
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| 1922/04/20 |
Piccirilli Bros |
Carvers |
A sculptural group by Frederick William MacMonnies depicting "Civic Virtue", a heroic male nude holding a sword, stepping over two prone females, the sirens of "Vice" and "Corruption", is unveiled in front of New York City Hall. |
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| 1922/04/20 |
Thomas Hastings |
Architect |
A sculptural group by Frederick William MacMonnies depicting "Civic Virtue", a heroic male nude holding a sword, stepping over two prone females, the sirens of "Vice" and "Corruption", is unveiled in front of New York City Hall. |
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| 1929/11/13 |
Katharine Sergeant Angell White |
Bride |
Katharine Angell and EB white spontaneously get married in one day. With her Scottish terrier, Daisy, they picked up the license at city hall, the ring at a budget 6th Ave jewelry store and drive update to a small church. |
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Marriage of Katharine Angell and E B White |
| 1929/11/13 |
E B White |
Groom |
Katharine Angell and EB white spontaneously get married in one day. With her Scottish terrier, Daisy, they picked up the license at city hall, the ring at a budget 6th Ave jewelry store and drive update to a small church. |
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Marriage of Katharine Angell and E B White |
| 1941/02/00 |
Fiorello H La Guardia |
New York Mayor |
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia has the "Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness" sculpture moved to Queeens. La Guardia hates the sculpture, calling it "Fat Boy" and resents being confronted with naked buttocks each time he leaves City Hall. |
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| 1999/00/00 |
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Under Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, City Hall park is reconstructed at a cost of $35 million. Jacob Mould's cast iron fountain is restored - missing granite, bronze and ceramic elements are reproduced using the original sketches and photographs. |
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