Identifier: millersnewyorkas00durs (find matches)
Title: Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC
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Publisher: New York : J. Miller
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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are on the ninth floor.The latter affords ample room and facilities for seventy-five compositors. The building is well worthy of in-spection, and is remarkable in architecture from theskill displayed in avoiding a monotony of appearance. The Evening Post was established in 1801 ; andits career—and that of its editor, Wm. Cullen Bryant,the puet and author—has proven that in no sphere canbrighter or more enduring laurels be won than in thatof Journalism. The New York Herald Office is located on the south- *east corner of Broadway and Ann street (opposite St.Pauls Church)—a massive building of white marble,and the most elegant newspaper office in the world. The Sun Office is on Park Row, corner of Frankfortstreet, on the site of the old Tammany Hall. The office of the New York World is on the northeastcorner of Park Row and Beekman street, and directlyopposite is the office of the Evening Mail. The vaults of the above papers are of gigantic pro-portions, and well worthy of a visit.
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Tribune Building,* Printing House £q. THE NEW YORK PRESS. 69 THE TRIBUNE BUILDING, Situated corner of Nassau and Spruce streets, popu-larly known as Printing-House Square, is the crowningedifice of all the great Newspaper Offices of this city.The building is of gigantic proportions, consisting of asub-cellar, basement, nine stories, an attic, the wholesurmounted with an immense tower and spire. Fromthe beginning of the foundation to the point of thespire is a distance of 285 feet; from the cellar to thetop of the roof is 171 feet ; the stone dormer windowsat the top of the tower are 200 feet above the sidewalk.It is the highest building on Manhattan Island, withone exception, that of Trinity Church, and is in manyrespects the most remarkable edifice in this city. It iscomposed of brick, trimmed with light-colored granite,and is entirely fire-proof. It was designed by Mr.Richard M. Hunt, who certainly has greatly added tohis fame by this splendid architectural work. To givean idea of

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