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- Though the city has since replaced many of these ornamental structures with modern steel and aluminum models, there are still some historic lampposts that survive today.
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Feb 14, 2014 · 3. 23rd Street Madison Square Park. Located at the northeast corner of 23rd and Broadway, this ornamental lamppost is one of the last remaining original lampposts intended for use along Fifth ...
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This simple gas lamp, located in an easy-to-miss gated community in Greenwich Village, is actually the oldest working gas lamp (or second oldest) in New York City. It miraculously survived the mass replacement of the thousands of gas lamps in New York after the introduction of electric lighting, though nowadays it’s also sporting a modern light bul...
Appearing at the turn of the last century, the bishop’s crook lamppost is among the oldest designs that are still in use today, and one of the many ornamental designs that emerged. Some bishop’s crooks that you see around the city today are actually reproductions from 1980, but this lamppost, located at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Cana...
Located at the northeast corner of 23rd and Broadway, this ornamental lamppost is one of the last remaining original lampposts intended for use along Fifth Avenuein the 1890s.
New York City’s first ornamental street lamps were installed in September 1892 on Fifth Avenue between Washington Square Park and 59th Street and the Edison Illuminating Company provided the electricity. Beginning in 1913 the twin lamppost began appearing throughout the City. The last of the Type 24 Twin Lamppost can be found in Johnny Hartman Squa...
Apr 12, 2020 · City Hall Park, about half of which (the lower half) is open to the public, is the largest repository of early-era Type 1 BC lampposts in New York City.
Aug 7, 2024 · From gaslights to LED lamps, New York City's streets have been artifically lit since the colonial era. In Street Lamps, FNY explores their various types.
6 days ago · Only a handful of original gas lampposts exist in New York City’s five boroughs. The lamps that line Poplar Street were installed more than a century after the first gas lamps appeared.
Oct 30, 2023 · 13 places you can still experience the Gilded Age in NYC. The opulence and splendor of the Gilded Age can easily be found across the city if you know where to look! Monday October 30 2023....
May 3, 2020 · Until Independence Plaza was built, old species of streetlamps could still be found here and there. The lamp you see above at the former intersection of Washington and Chambers Streets was the last of its type remaining, a Type 6 Special Post.
