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The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building (originally the Municipal Building and later known as the Manhattan Municipal Building) is a 40-story, 580-foot (180 m) building at 1 Centre Street, east of Chambers Street, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
- 1909–1914
- Manhattan, New York City
The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building is at the intersection of Chambers and Centre Streets, east of City Hall Park and just north of the Manhattan entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. It is among the largest government office buildings in the world, housing over 2,000 employees from a dozen municipal agencies in nearly 1 million square feet of ...
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May 3, 2024 · The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street contains over a dozen municipal agencies, the Office of the Borough President, and has many architectural highlights and...
Oct 15, 2015 · At the naming ceremony today, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced that 1 Centre Street is now officially known as the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, which will be marked by five plaques placed around the building.
Oct 15, 2015 · The landmark 40-story building at 1 Centre Street, just a block from City Hall, is now officially called The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building.
View of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Manhattan, New York City. The 40-story building, completed in 1917, was constructed to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the city's five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.
David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first African-American U.S. Marines, from 1945 to 1946.
