Newspaper Row

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Newspaper Row was a historic concentration of major newspaper headquarters in the Park Row area of Lower Manhattan, New York City, that served as a center of American journalism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Newspaper Row canonical 6

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concentration of newspaper headquarters ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
architecturalCharacter tall newspaper office buildings ⓘ
associatedWith American journalism history ⓘ
New York City press ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry journalism ⓘ
newspaper publishing ⓘ
category historic streets in Manhattan ⓘ
journalism-related locations in New York City ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRole hub for reporters and editors ⓘ
symbol of press power in New York City ⓘ
economicRole employment center for journalists and printers ⓘ
eraOfProminence Gilded Age ⓘ
Progressive Era ⓘ
flourishedDuring early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
geographicFeature runs roughly parallel to Broadway near City Hall Park ⓘ
hasHeritage American media history ⓘ
historicalFunction center for news gathering and distribution ⓘ
historicalStatus largely redeveloped in the 20th century ⓘ
influenced development of modern newspaper districts in other cities ⓘ
legacy important chapter in New York City press history ⓘ
influenced architecture of newspaper office buildings ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
location Park Row ⓘ
mediaTypeAssociated daily newspapers ⓘ
print journalism ⓘ
namedAfter Park Row ⓘ
near Brooklyn Bridge entrance ⓘ
New York City Hall ⓘ
notableFor concentration of major newspaper headquarters ⓘ
role in development of mass-circulation newspapers ⓘ
partOf Civic Center, Manhattan ⓘ
reasonForLocation access to political and legal news sources ⓘ
proximity to City Hall and courts ⓘ
roleInCommunication major node in national news network ⓘ
significance center of American journalism ⓘ
socialRole gathering place for newsboys and vendors ⓘ
site of public interest in breaking news ⓘ
status historic area ⓘ
streetType urban commercial street ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
transportationContext close to major transit and ferry connections ⓘ
urbanContext downtown business district of Manhattan ⓘ
urbanFunction link between government center and commercial press ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York World Building → partOf → Newspaper Row ⓘ
Park Row → alsoKnownAs → Newspaper Row ⓘ
New York Journal Building → partOf → Newspaper Row ⓘ
New York Press Building → partOf → Newspaper Row ⓘ