Battery Park City (including historic pier information)

Battery Park City - Map

http://www.batteryparkcity.org/page/index_battery.html

Battery Park City is a 92-acre (0.4 km²) planned community at the southwestern tip of lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. The land upon which it stands was created on the Hudson River using 1.2 million cubic yards (917,000 m3) of soil and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island.  The neighborhood, which is the site of the World Financial Center along with numerous housing, commercial and retail buildings, is named for adjacent Battery Park.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park_City

  • Piers 1 – 23 existed prior to the creation of Battery Park City, created with the construction of the original World Trade Center.

This historic map shows the original location of the piers that existed prior to Battery Park. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html

This picture, courtesy of George Tamaro, an engineer who worked on the original WTC construction,depicts construction of the original World Trade Center One, taken in the early 1970s. The sand colored building is the New York Telephone building (today, the Verizon Building) (originally known as the Barclay-Vesey Building, when it opened in 1927), on the north side of Vesey Street. The piers existing prior to the creation of Battery Park are on the leftmost side of the picture.

  • Pier 22 and Pier 23-
    • Piers 22 and 23 would be where Battery Park City is today, and were freight piers for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - Harrison Street Freight Station / Pier 23 & Jay Street Freight Station / Pier 22- unknown date Erie RR Pier 21 / Duane Street facade showing in background above Pier 22 roof. G. Hockaday photographer L. Kilian collection authors collection. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#21%20Hudson

  • Pier 21-
    • Pier 21 would have been where Battery Park City is today (at Duane Street), was operated by the Eric Railroad.

Erie Railroad - Duane Street Freight Station / Pier 21 - July 8, 1937 (with Baltimore & Ohio Jay Street / Pier 22 in background) P. L. Sperr photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier 41

  • Pier 20-
    • Pier 20 would have been where Battery Park City is today (at Chambers  Street), was operated by the Eric Railroad.

Erie Railroad - Chambers Street Freight Station / Pier 20 - 1942 Homer H. Poss, Jr. photo (Mr. Poss was sightseeing in New York City prior to disembarkation for overseas duty during when he took this image. His daughter, Sherry Fletcher; contacted me and presented this image (along with a photo of the DL&W Ferry "Ithaca") as gifts. authors collection. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#20%20Hudson

  • Pier 17 -

  • Pier 16-
    • Pier 16 would be where Battery Park City is today (at Barclay Street).  It was part of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad.

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad - Barclay Street Freight Station / Pier 16 - pre 1900 image courtesy of Joseph De May, Kew Gardens, NY. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#16

New York Central Railroad - Barclay Street Freight Station / Pier 16 - ca. 1915 Joint Report with Recommendations of the New York & New Jersey Port & Harbor Development Commission. Source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#16

  • Pier 13-
    • Pier 13 would be where Battery Park City is today (at Fulton Street).  It was part of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight Station.

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight Station / Pier 13 - July 22, 1931 (looking northeast) P. L. Sperr photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight Station / Pier 13 - August 1, 1933 (note marching troop formation on right edge of photo) P. L. Sperr photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo Source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%2011

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight Station / Pier 13 - April 9, 1936 B. Abbott photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%2011

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight Station / Pier 13 - August 1, 1930 (looking southeast) P. L. Sperr photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%2011

Central Railroad of New Jersey - Cedar Street Freight Station / Pier 11 - ca. 1932 E. Galloway photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%2011

Lehigh Valley Railroad - Rector Street Freight Station / Pier 8 - September 20, 1929 P. L. Sperr photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%208

Lehigh Valley Railroad - Rector Street Freight Station / Pier 8 - October 5, 1938 P. L. Sperr photo NYPL Digital Archives. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%208

Pennsylvania Railroad Pier 1 / Battery Place Freight Station - Battery Place - ca. 1902 (from an Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic photo) image courtesy of Joseph De May, Kew Gardens, NY. Photo source: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/pierstations.html#Pier%201

Posted February 13, 2011 by David Polakoff in Battery Park City (including historic pier information), New York - Waterfront

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