Broome Street (Manhattan)
The Broome Street is an east-west running street in Lower Manhattan , New York City , USA .
Location and course
The street stretches almost the entire width of the island - from Hudson Street in the west to Lewis Street in the east. The road is interrupted several times by parks and buildings. The use of cast iron is characteristic of the architecture along Broome Street . She was heavily influenced by Griffith Thomas , who designed various buildings along Broome Street - including the Gunther Building .
history
The street was named after John Broome - a former New York City councilor who was Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1804 .
In the mid-20th century, Broome Street was proposed as the street for the Lower Manhattan Expressway , which would have replaced the street with a 10-lane urban freeway, which would also have destroyed all the buildings on the north side of the street.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Wolfe, Gerard R .: New York 15 Walking Tours: An Architectural Guide to the Metropolis . McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003, pp. 195-198.
- ↑ Flint, Anthony: Wrestling with Moses . Random House Digital, 2011, p. 146.