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The prize.(New York City landmark Tweed Courthouse)(Brief Article)
What to do with the Tweed Courthouse, which sits just to the north of City Hall, is shaping up to be one of the most contentious issues concerning a New York City landmark in some time. The courthouse is a sumptuous Anglo-Italianate palazzo with more than two dozen magnificent courtrooms arranged around a five-story octagonal rotunda topped by a colored-glass skylight. By the time it was completed, in 1876, the builders were more than eleven million dollars over budget, owing largely to kickbacks orchestrated by William Marcy Tweed, the corrupt "boss" of Tammany Hall. Tweed may have cheated the taxpayers, but he gave them something for their money -- one of the finest public buildings the city has ever had. It functioned as a courthouse until the early nineteen-seventies, and later was home to a series of municipal offices. By then, it was in bad shape. The majestic ...
- Hill International Selected to Manage Renovation of New York City Hall.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 30, 2008 700+ words
...80 million renovation of New York City Hall. The three-year contract...original governmental functions, New York City Hall is considered one of the finest...Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York City Hall is a designated New ...
- Thor Announces 'Drive Against Prostate Cancer' Free Screenings in New York;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 12, 2000 700+ words
...NYSE: THO) announced today that New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani...The Drive") as it visits City Hall in New York on Monday June 12th as part of...Prostate screenings -- in front of City Hall. At 11:00 a.m., Mayor Giuliani...
- RIVAL KILLS COUNCILLOR; Official gunned down in New York City Hall.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) July 24, 2003 700+ words
...GUNMAN opened fire in New York's City Hall, killing a political...the men had entered City Hall together and not passed...for most visitors. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg...down the steps of New York City Hall after the gun drama...
- NYCT: NEW LINES, YES. BUT WHERE?(Regional Plan Association and New York City...
- Magazine article from: Railway Age March 1, 1999 700+ words
...beneath the sidewalks of New York. Both City Hall and the Regional Plan...for extending the MTA New York City Transit subway...relatively simple. To The New York Times, he characterized...Neither the RTA nor City Hall has any official say...
- 'Building The City We Need:' a major conference to be held at New York City...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 25, 1990 700+ words
...CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT CITY HALL FRIDAY, JANUARY...300 distinguished New York City decision-makers...the Committee for New York, sponsors of the...Council Chamber, City Hall CONTACT: Joyce Matz...Matz Associates ST: New York IN: SU: SH-SC...
- Same-sex couples wed outside New York City Hall.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hill, Miriam March 18, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: Miriam Hill NEW YORK _ The brides wore...ceremonies on the steps of City Hall to try to pressure...charges in upstate New York for performing same...sex marriages in New York," Morgenthau said...demonstration at City Hall." The Rev. Pat...
- Same-sex couples wed outside New York City Hall.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) March 18, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: Miriam Hill NEW YORK _ The brides wore...ceremonies on the steps of City Hall to try to pressure...charges in upstate New York for performing same...sex marriages in New York," Morgenthau said...demonstration at City Hall." The Rev. Pat...
- New York City Hall gags on plan for reducing prescription drug pricing.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 13, 2004 700+ words
...Lombardi, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune...first public hearing at City Hall. Posting the data required...Pharmacy Association of New York State and Duane Reade...2004, Daily News, New York. Distributed by Knight...
