tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post6098923586719662097..comments2024-03-28T05:18:25.792-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost 1880 City Hall Post OfficeTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-38494574508629212782024-02-22T11:33:04.637-08:002024-02-22T11:33:04.637-08:00This building was one of several similar buildings...This building was one of several similar buildings that Mullett built around the country in the largest cities of the day, each just as monumental and distinctly French Second Empire as this one. The ones in Cincinnati, Boston, and Philadelphia have been demolished but miraculously the one in downtown St. Louis is still there today and well-preserved. Still not sure why these buildings were so hated back then, but frankly given the general slash-and-burn urban renewal policy of the mid-20th century I'd say their taste in architectural value was questionable at best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-64645453892481690352019-07-20T02:43:24.799-07:002019-07-20T02:43:24.799-07:00The image was produced in 1872 but the card was ma...The image was produced in 1872 but the card was mailed in 1903. Perhaps I should have been more precise. ThanksTom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-492654071784657712019-07-20T02:02:25.679-07:002019-07-20T02:02:25.679-07:00How can such a beautiful building be demolished ??...How can such a beautiful building be demolished ??? only a fool would have such an idea!<br />You wrote that the postcard from the author is 1903, but 1872 is written on it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676991483171487075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-18532886239949412612014-11-15T19:53:35.034-08:002014-11-15T19:53:35.034-08:00Yes - that is how I learned about the PO. Love tha...Yes - that is how I learned about the PO. Love that book and have reread it many times. It got me interested in time travel and the history of NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-67836982303534051992012-10-03T17:19:41.584-07:002012-10-03T17:19:41.584-07:00This building was an essential location in Jack Fi...This building was an essential location in Jack Finny's classic novel "Time and Again". The hero goes there to see who mailed a letter vital to the plot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com