Lament for the Wolfe Building

Cprimm · October 8th, 2012, 06:41 PM

]The 13-story John Wolfe Building, built in 1895 on the east side of William Street from Maiden Lane to Liberty Street. This narrow and stepped building in the Flemish style, considered to be an innovative way to solve various problems of the early skyscraper, was demolished in 1974 for an ill-conceived street widening plan. The site is now part of a glorified traffic island called Louise Nevelson Plaza.
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Wolfe Building -Demolished by Chauncy.Primm, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Wolfe Building - Gable detail by Chauncy.Primm, on Flickr[/IMG][/IMG

Middle-Island · October 9th, 2012, 03:14 AM

Hard to believe in 1974 they let that one get demolished. What an elegant building.

***desertpunk*** · October 9th, 2012, 04:02 AM

What a senseless, tragic waste. All that amazing Victorian Dutch Guildhall architecture lost for the sake of a crappy traffic island.

There's a smaller, similar building still standing in Buffalo:

http://www.buffalorising.com/2010/04...ction-set.html

The Olympic Tower Building (Not as ornate but it too has been threatened with demolition in the past 40 years)

October 8th, 2012, 06:41 PM	#1
Cprimm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 55 Likes (Received): 0	Lament for the Wolfe Building ]The 13-story John Wolfe Building, built in 1895 on the east side of William Street from Maiden Lane to Liberty Street. This narrow and stepped building in the Flemish style, considered to be an innovative way to solve various problems of the early skyscraper, was demolished in 1974 for an ill-conceived street widening plan. The site is now part of a glorified traffic island called Louise Nevelson Plaza. [IMG]image hosted on flickr Wolfe Building -Demolished by Chauncy.Primm, on Flickr[/IMG] [IMG][IMG]image hosted on flickr Wolfe Building - Gable detail by Chauncy.Primm, on Flickr[/IMG][/IMG Last edited by Cprimm; October 8th, 2012 at 06:47 PM.

October 9th, 2012, 03:14 AM	#2
Middle-Island Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Long Island, NY USA Posts: 752 Likes (Received): 68	Hard to believe in 1974 they let that one get demolished. What an elegant building. __________________ < New York 27 Montauk 94 >

October 9th, 2012, 04:02 AM	#3
*desertpunk* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ELP ~ ABQ Posts: 29,651 Likes (Received): 1375	What a senseless, tragic waste. All that amazing Victorian Dutch Guildhall architecture lost for the sake of a crappy traffic island. There's a smaller, similar building still standing in Buffalo: http://www.buffalorising.com/2010/04...ction-set.html The Olympic Tower Building (Not as ornate but it too has been threatened with demolition in the past 40 years) __________________ We are floating in space...

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