Elgin Botanic Garden, First public botanical garden in Manhattan, United States.
The Elgin Botanic Garden contained greenhouses and cultivation areas across twenty acres between present-day 47th and 51st Streets in Manhattan.
David Hosack established the garden in 1801, collecting over 1,500 plant species before selling the property to New York State in 1810 for 75,000 dollars.
The Federal Art Project commissioned watercolor paintings of the garden in the 1930s, preserving its visual heritage for future generations.
Medical students from Columbia College used the garden to study native plants and their medicinal properties through direct observation and field research.
Thomas Jefferson contributed rare plant specimens to the garden, which included materials from the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Louisiana Territory.
Location: Manhattan
Inception: 1804
Creator: David Hosack
GPS coordinates: 40.75889,-73.97917
Latest update: March 4, 2025 22:40
This collection documents major buildings that have disappeared throughout history. It includes religious structures such as the 15th-century Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, whose glazed bricks gleamed in sunlight, as well as destroyed palaces, theaters, and public buildings from various periods and continents. The reasons for the disappearance of these structures range from warfare to natural disasters to deliberate demolition for urban redevelopment. The Palais du Trocadéro in Paris, for example, was demolished in 1937 to make way for the current Palais de Chaillot. This compilation provides insight into lost architectural achievements and the historical circumstances of their disappearance.
Rockefeller Center
31 m
Radio City Music Hall
93 m
30 Rockefeller Plaza
21 m
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
80 m
St. Patrick's Cathedral
237 m
1211 Avenue of the Americas
259 m
Top of the Rock
21 m
The Paley Center for Media
230 m
CBS Building
256 m
William K. Vanderbilt House
257 m
1221 Avenue of the Americas
213 m
Atlas
168 m
1271 Avenue of the Americas
247 m
Nintendo New York
96 m
Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store
209 m
Studio 8H
19 m
75 Rockefeller Plaza
161 m
Prometheus
54 m
Exxon Building
225 m
1 Rockefeller Plaza
100 m
608 Fifth Avenue
160 m
650 Fifth Avenue
222 m
Charles Scribner's Sons Building
193 m
St. Nicholas Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
171 m
Women's National Republican Club
156 m
American Girl
149 m
1270 Avenue of the Americas
162 m
Casas del 647, 651-53 de la Quinta Avenida y 4 de la Calle 52
220 mReviews
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