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List of demolished buildings and structures in New York City

This is a list of demolished buildings and structures in New York City. Over time, countless buildings have been built in what is now New York City. Some of them still stand today and can be viewed – however, many buildings have since been demolished. The reason for the demolition was often a lack of space; a larger building could fit. Many times the condition of the building was no longer adequate. The cost of building renovation is high, and demolition may have been easier.

The 486 ft (148 m) tall neo-Romanesque City Investing Building is one of many buildings that can no longer be seen in New York today. It was built between 1906–1908 and was demolished in 1968.

Sometimes its style was outdated. However, opinions may change. Artistic standards of the time of construction, of demolition, of today, and of tomorrow may all disagree. Thus, many consider it detrimental to demolish buildings that were built to high artistic standards of their own time.

Accurate records of demolished buildings were not always preserved, so this list is presumably fragmentary.

Banks, financial buildings

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Brooklyn Savings Bank 1894 1964
  old New York Cotton Exchange[1] 1885 1922
  Merchants & Manufacturers Exchange Building[2] 1911 no data available
  Deutsche Bank Building 1973 2011 Severely damaged in September 11 attacks, eventually demolished as a result.
[1] Gallatin Bank Building 1887 1929
[2] Hanover Bank Building 1903 1931
  New York Produce Exchange 1884 1958
  Old New York Produce Exchange[3] 1861 c. 1880

Churches

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Christian churches

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See also: List of demolished churches in New York City

Synagogues

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
[3] Temple Emanu-El (I)[4] before 1847 1854 (?) It used to function as a Baptist church.
[4] Temple Emanu-El (II)[4] before 1854 1866 (?) It used to function as a Baptist church.
  Temple Emanu-El (III) 1868 1927 Not confuse with the new Temple Emanu-El (built in 1930).
  Temple Beth-El 1891 1947
  Synagogue in E63d Street 1873 before 1911

Forts

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Fort Gansevoort 1812 1854
  Fort Lafayette 1822 1960

Hospitals

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Image
Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital 1879 1951 for mothers and children
Parkchester General Hospital 1941 1978
  U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 1917 1919
[5] Doctors Hospital 1929 2005
[6] Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic early 1900s 1990s
  Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital 1917 1919
  Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers 1849 2010

Hotels

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See also: List of demolished hotels in New York City

Industrial buildings

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  5 Pointz 1892 2014

Mansions

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Image
Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  C. Ledyard Blair House 1914 1927
Canterbury Hall 19th century 1861
  Cornelius Vanderbilt II House 1883 1926
  Elbridge Gerry Mansion 1897 1929
George Blumenthal House 1916 c. 1946
  George J. Gould House 1906 c. 1963
  Government House 1790 1815
Henry Phipps House no data available after 1930
  Isaac Stern House before 1910 1949
Jacob Ruppert Sr. House no data available 1925
James Speyer House no data available 1947
  Jay Gould House 19th century 1906
  Jerome Mansion 1865 1967
  Jordan L. Mott House 1880 1936
  Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont House 1909 1951
  Mrs. William B. Astor House 1896 1926
Ogden Mills House 1887 late 1930s
  Samuel Osgood House 1770 1856
  Charles M. Schwab House 1906 1948
Sherwood Studio Building 1880 1960
Vanderbilt Triple Palace 1882 1947
  William A. Clark House 1911 1927
  William C. Whitney House 1880s no data available
  William K. Vanderbilt House 1882 1927
William Salomon House 1906 1924
William Ziegler House 1921 after 2008
Richmond Hill

Museums, exhibition space, libraries

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  New York Crystal Palace 1853 1858
  Barnum's American Museum 1841 1868
  Grand Central Palace 1911 1964
  Lenox Library 1877 1912

Office buildings, tenement houses, skyscrapers

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Thomas Jefferson Association Building 1890 1960
  Liggett Building[5] 1922 2016
old (I) Trinity Court Building 1879 1926 Not to be confused with what still stands today Trinity Court Building (III).
  old (II) Trinity Court Building[6] 1927 2015 Not to be confused with what still stands today Trinity Court Building (III).
Number One Wall Street[7] 1880s/1890s (?) 1928
Columbia Building[8] 1890 1930
Transit Building[9] 1902 no data available
Wolfe Building[10] 1895 1974
German American Insurance Building[11] 1908 no data available
  Union Trust Building[12] 1897 no data available
Commercial Cable Company Building[13] 1897 1954
Washington Building[14] 1885 no data available
Washington Life Building[15] 1898 1969
old building in 99 Church Street 1871 c. 1950
99 Church Street[16] 1950 2008
425 Park Avenue[17] 1954 2016
Union Carbide & Carbon Building[18] 1913 2001
Vanderbilt Avenue Building[19] 1913 2016
Blair Building 1903 1955
  City Investing Building 1908 1968
  Equitable Life Building 1868 1912
  Gillender Building 1897 1910
Harding Building 1910 1927
  Kaskel and Kaskel Building 1902 2017
Kemble Building 1886 1949
  Manhattan Life Insurance Building 1894 1964
  Mills Building 1882 1925
  New York Coliseum 1956 2000
  New York World Building 1890 1955
  New York Tribune Building 1875 1966
  Parker Building 1900 1908
Prudence Building 1923 2016
Rogers Peet Building 1863 1898
  Singer Building 1908 1969
  St. Paul Building 1898 1958
Studebaker Building 1902 2004
  Tenth Street Studio Building 1857 1956
  Tower Building 1889 1913
  Union Carbide Building 1960 2021
  Western Union Telegraph Building 1892 1912
  World Trade Center 1973 2001 Destroyed in 9/11 attacks.
  5 World Trade Center 1970 2001 Severely damaged in 9/11 attacks, torn down soon after.
  Fiterman Hall 1959 2009 Damaged by World Trade Center 7, torn down in 2009.

Operas

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Academy of Music 1854 1926
  Astor Opera House 1847 1890
  Grand Opera House 1868 1960
  Harlem Opera House 1889 1959
  Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street) 1883 1967

Prisons

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Jefferson Market Prison 1877 1927
  The Tombs (I) 1838 1902
  Ludlow Street Jail 1862 1927
  The Tombs (II) 1902 1941

Railway stations

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station 1917 1919
  Chambers Street Ferry Terminal 1856 1858
  Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot no data available no data available
  Hudson Terminal 1909 1972
  Liberty Street Ferry Terminal 1865 1970s
  26th Street terminal 1857 1869
  Grand Central Depot 1871 c. 1903
  Pennsylvania Station 1910 1963

Shopping malls

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
Hylan Plaza 1966 2017
  Astor Market 1915 1917
Frederick Douglass Book Center 1942 1968
Gunther Building (Fifth Avenue) 1909 1943

Stadiums, sport buildings

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016) 1978 2016
  Shea Stadium 1964 2009
  Yankee Stadium (1923) 1922 2010
  St. George Cricket Grounds 1886 after 1889
  Madison Square Garden (I) 1879 1890
  Madison Square Garden (II) 1890 1926
  Madison Square Garden (III) 1925 1969
  Polo Grounds 1890 1963
Lewisohn Stadium

Theatres

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
39th Street Theatre 1910 1925
44th Street Theatre 1912 1945
American Music Hall 1888 1932
  Apollo Theatre 1920 1996
Adelphi Theatre 1928 1970
Anthony Street Theatre 1812 1821
  Astor Theatre 1906 1982
  Bijou Theatre 1878 1915
  Bowery Theatre 1845 1929
  Broadway Theatre 1888 1925
  Capitol Theatre 1919 1968
  Casino Theatre 1882 1930
Center Theatre 1932 1954
  Century Theatre 1906 1932
  Chatham Garden Theatre 1824 1832
  Chatham Theatre 1839 1862
Comedy Theatre 1909 1942
  Daly's 63rd Street Theatre 1914 1957
  Daly's Theatre 1867 1920
  Fifth Avenue Theatre 1868 1939
  Fourteenth Street Theatre 1866 1938
  Fulton Theatre 1911 1982
Garden Theatre 1890 1925
  Garrick Theatre 1890 1932
  Grand Opera House 1868 1960
  Grand Theatre 1903 1930
  Herald Square Theatre 1883 1915
  Hippotheatron 1864 1872
  John Street Theatre 1767 1798
  Knickerbocker Theatre 1893 1930
  Lafayette Theatre 1912 2013
  Lyceum Theatre 1885 1902
  Madison Square Theatre 1865 1908
  Manhattan Theatre 1875 1909
  Maxine Elliott's Theatre 1908 1960
Miner's Bowery Theatre 1878 1929
National Theater 1912 1959
New Century Theatre 1921 1962
  New Theatre Comique 1839 1884
  New York Hippodrome 1905 1939
  New York Vauxhall Gardens 1767 1859
  Niblo's Garden 1823 1895
  Old Broadway Theatre 1847 1859
  Park Theatre (Brooklyn) 1863 1908
  Park Theatre (Manhattan) 1798 1848
Playhouse Theatre 1911 1969
Roxy Theatre 1927 1960
Theatre Comique 1862 1881
Theatre on Nassau Street 1732 1765
Vanderbilt Theatre 1918 1954
  Wallack's Theatre 1850 1901
  Winter Garden Theatre 1850 1867
  Ziegfeld Theatre 1927 1966

Villages

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
New Brighton Village Hall 1871 2004
  Alexander Macomb House 1788 1940

Other buildings

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
42nd Street Airlines Terminal 1941 1978
  Central Park Casino 1862 1936
  Federal Hall 1703 1812
  Pearl Street Station before 1882 1890
  The Rotunda 1818 1870
  Tontine Coffee House 1793 1905
  old New York City Criminal Courts Building 1893 1941
City Hall Post Office and Courthouse

Other structures

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Name
Date built
Date of demolition
Comment
  Dewey Arch 1899 1900
  Latting Observatory 1853 1856
Lincoln Arcade 1903 1960
  Macombs Dam c. 1814 c. 1858
  Putnam Bridge 1881 1958

References

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  1. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Cotton Exchange".
  2. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Merchants & Manufacturers Exchange Building".
  3. ^ "New York Architecture Images- New York Produce Exchange".
  4. ^ a b "Congregation Emanu-El - New York City".
  5. ^ "Liggett Building, New York City | 114365". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Trinity Court Building formerly known as American Bank Note Building".
  7. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Number One Wall Street".
  8. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Columbia Building".
  9. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Transit Building".
  10. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Wolfe Building".
  11. ^ "New York Architecture Images- German American Insurance Building".
  12. ^ "New York Architecture Images- Union Trust Building".
  13. ^ "Commercial Cable Building - the Skyscraper Center".
  14. ^ "New York Architecture Images- WASHINGTON BUILDING".
  15. ^ "Washington Life Building - the Skyscraper Center".
  16. ^ "99 Church Street, New York City | 149066". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ "425 Park Avenue, New York City | 115199". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "Union Carbide & Carbon Building, New York City | 102469". Emporis. 2001-01-21. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "Vanderbilt Avenue Building, New York City | 116385". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Literature

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  • Nathan Silver: Lost New York, Rare Book Cellar, 1967, First Edition; Third Printing, ISBN 9780517167038
  • Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.
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