A Height Deemed Appalling: Nineteenth-Century New York Newspaper Buildings

From: Journalism History | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Wallace, Aurora | Copyright information

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century in New York, the largest newspapers were concentrated along a short stretch of Park Row in lower Manhattan. In this high profile location, the Tribune, the Times, and the World used architecture as a means to forge their corporate identity in the minds of city dwellers. In their efforts to distinguish themselves from one another, and as symbols of their own success, publishers commissioned the leading architects of the day to build them increasing...

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