City Hall Park is a public park surrounding New York City Hall in the Civic Center of Manhattan. It was the town commons of the nascent city of New York.
The park in 2007
City Hall Park
Sign at City Hall Park
Hall of Records, 1893
New York City Hall is the seat of New York City government, located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building is the oldest city hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions. The building houses the office of the Mayor of New York City and the chambers of the New York City Council. While the Mayor's Office is in the building, the staff of thirteen municipal agencies under mayoral control are located in the nearby Manhattan Municipal Building, one of the largest government buildings in the world, with many others housed in various buildings in the immediate vicinity.
New York City Hall in October 2016
An 1887 illustration of New York City Municipal and Metropolitan policemen rioting and fighting each other in front of New York City Hall in 1857
City Hall at night in 2008
City Hall, Park Row, and City Hall Park in 1911, including the Manhattan station for cable cars, which ran across the Brooklyn Bridge
