The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building

This landmark had a few names , the municipal building, the Manhattan municipal building and in 2015 named after the city's first black mayor. The project began with the city beautiful movement in 1914 it was completed. At the top is the statue civic fame and at the bottom is the J & Z trains and connections to the 4 5 6 trains.this irregular hexagon of a building is almost a unknown part of the city up until now that hizzoner is opening it to the public! I'm sure the original purpose for the lobby has public access in its name. Inside this great building several city elected and appointed offices are hidden from public view no longer. The best are the comptroller at the top of the list and the public advocate at the bottom in my experience. There are many more Manhattan borough pres. , environmental protection, dept of finance, and dept of adm services. Ect. like many new Yorkers can't wait to explore this building vs walking around it .

This review is just for the view of it as you walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan. I found the old skyscrapers of NYC full of character and much more memorable than new ones with glass facades.

Impressive and distinct high rise municipal building displaying a variety of architectural influences and influencing a number of beloved buildings elsewhere in the United States. This striking building is near City Hall Park and the Brooklyn Bridge and is well worth seeing up close.

A buetiful large building housing many City agencies and right next to the Brooklyn Bridge and across from Cityhall and infront of 1 Police Plaza. Great view from the end of Chambers Street.

Beautiful downtown government office, amazing building history, go there to admire the architecture and visit the open public offices. Great views from the different offices.

Amazing architecture. This building was build in 1914 and stands so majestically. The surroundings are pretty clean. It’s well connected to 6, A,C, 2,3 subways which are just few blocks away. Very close to the Brooklyn bridge too.

The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building is so cool, it has absolutely iconic architecture! Located right off Centre Street, this is definitely a sight you’ll want to check-out when you are in Manhattan!

What an architecturally interesting building! I love the view of it from Brooklyn and as you are crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. The building was designed by the historic McKim, Mead, and White firm in 1914 and was the first to incorporate a subway station inside. The architecture is very unique and has been described as Roman Imperial, French Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance. It served as the inspiration for the Wrigley Building in Chicago. It’s currently home to over 2000 employees.

All the elevators suck. I don't know why they renovated only one elevator with the floor buttons. Every elevator has 2 panels of floors to press on and only one side works! It sucks to press on the button of your floor to see it not work and then you have to tell people to move aside so you have space to press the button on other other working side. These elevators need to be renovated fast as possible with the buttons.

You can't fight City Hall but you can sure look at it. This gigantic office tower at the end of Chambers Street was renamed in 2015 to honor the former Mayor of New York from 1990 to 1993 who was also the first Member of the New York State Assembly from the 78th District (that's this one) and the Borough President of Manhattan (that's here). Construction started in 1909 and continued until 1914, overcoming a number of obstacles completing as the largest governmental building in the world. Atop the building is a gilded copper statue that is the largest statue in New York (after the Statue of Liberty) at 25 feet tall. When you look at this forty story tower, it doesn't appear to be near that big but this is the city hall for the biggest borough of the largest city in the United States. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. If you need to visit the building for business, well, good luck. [Review 18366 overall - 364 in New York - 1888 of 2022.]

Beautiful grand building right to Brooklyn bridge. The building looks more mystery because it is government buildings with police and the big metal car blocker. I still can walk around and take pictures and this spot is popular for wedding pictures also.

The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building is hard to avoid if you live in the city for any length of time. There have been several occasions in the past I needed to visit government offices in this building. At the time I wasn't into taking photos to document my adventures. Chances are I was not thrilled to have a appointment in the building. I do recommend you visit if you enjoy the architectural design of historic grand buildings. I'm not going out of my way to return at this time in my life. If I am in the neighborhood I'll take some photos. It is photo worthy.

The Municipal Building of One Centre Street in Manhattan, New York is a glorious architectural design of civic construction, 40-story building built to serve as one largest governmental buildings in the world. A massive building that contains many NYC agencies as office space for HQ locations. Renaissance style architect. (source: Wikipedia) There is symmetry and depth. I am always enamored looking at "Civic Fame" the gilded cooper figure statue at the top of the building. "Civic Fame" statue signifies the consolidation of the five boroughs as the City of New York. I LOVE Downtown Manhattan's Civic Center / Financial District for its old world architecture charm. Modern builders and architectures, sadly, do not instill such elements of Municipal Building's: Guastavino ceiling tiles on the south arcade, central arch which is inspired by the Roman Arch of Constantine nor mosaic tiles. May the Municipal Building continue to reign to serve as the strength and puissance position for the City of New York civil service servants. The Municipal Building has been renamed in honor of former NYC Mayor David N. Dinkins. Located at the intersection of Chambers and Centre Streets which features a subway station at its base, Chambers Street station served by the J and ​Z trains. I would take photos of the lobby's interior arches, and exterior.

I've only ever admired this building from the outside. It's hard not to, since it's directly next to city hall and it's a behemoth. It is right in front of the NYPD headquarters. You need to walk through it (sort of around it) to get there.

My husband Ricardo and I share a special affection for this massive dinosaur of a building. (Now renamed "The Dinkins") A retired merchant seaman, Ric came to NY after Hurricane Katrina in September of 2005. I was teaching ESL at a place on Union Square. Our paths crossed and, we became friends. I have the honor today be Ric's wife. We married June 24, 2008 at Centre Street, near City Hall. My neighbor's daughter, only four at the time, bragged to her mother that we 'got married in the hallway!!" I never bothered to correct her ; I like her version of things. We planned to get hitched on a Monday, but were told 'it's a madhouse, same as Friday," so we went instead on Tuesday - with Ms. Blanca Martinez officiating. You simply must visit the Marriage License Bureau to get a full sense of it. Among other sights we saw: an overweight bride to be with a crooked tiara, wearing a white prom dress, complaining with colorful expletives... her feet hurt, like some x-rated Pearl Bailey. I've often thought it would make a terrific New Yorker piece, or a documentary. A slice of Big Apple history which still continues to endure, thriving even among the latest crop of cynics. Take a tour soon as you can, and savor that old marble, glassworks, brass and....spirit!