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The Old New York County Courthouse is a public building in the Civic Center district of New York City. The man who built it spent 20 times what it was worth and siphoned as much as US$9 million of the US$14 million sought for the building into his own pocket. His name was William M. Tweed, better known as "Boss", and the Old New York County Courthouse became known as the Tweed Courthouse. The construction of this building certainly made him a very rich New Yorker. Of course he was arrested, not only for the money he took on this courthouse, but also for other underhanded deals. Ironically his trial took place within the same courthouse that he built - it was only half completed at that time. Nonetheless he was convicted and sent to jail. He died in 1878 in the Ludlow Street Jail. The Old New York County Courthouse is a very grand building. It has a 85-feet (26-meter) rotunda and a grand staircase. The building was designed by architect John Kellum, and completed by architect Leopold Eidlitz, who added a rear wing and did some interior renovations. Today the Tweed Courthouse is a designated New York City Landmark. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and made a National Historic Landmark in 1986. It underwent a $85 million restoration in 2001 and today is occupied by the Department of Education. How to reach the Tweed CourthouseThe Tweed Courthouse is at 52 Chambers Street. You can take the J, M or Z subway trains to the Chambers Street-Brooklyn Bridge station, or the 4, 5 or 6 subway trains to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station. |
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