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The Tweed Courthouse (also known as the Old New York County Courthouse) is a historic courthouse building at 52 Chambers Street in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City. It was built in the Italianate style with Romanesque Revival interiors.
5 maj 1986 · Outliving Infamy. At last, the courthouse has outlived the reputation - if not the name - of William M. Tweed, the 19th-century Democratic boss, and others who built and profited from it. It...
8 mar 2019 · How did the graft function during the construction of the Tweed Courthouse? What led to Tweed’s downfall? And how did this literal temple to corruption become a beloved landmark in the 1980s?
In the late 1860s, William M. Tweed was the political boss of New York City. His headquarters, located on East 14th Street, was known as Tammany Hall. He wore a diamond, orchestrated elections, controlled the city's mayor, and rewarded political supporters.
11 mar 1990 · But now the old Tweed Courthouse, at 52 Chambers Street, just north of City Hall, is about to get a multimillion-dollar restoration. The exterior will be cleaned, interiors restored and...
23 mar 2018 · When it first opened in the early 1880s, known as the New York County Courthouse, it was considered a monument to public corruption. To build it, William “Boss” Tweed and his Tammany Hall cronies looted millions from the city treasury via an extensive kickback scheme.
William Magear "Boss" Tweed [note 1] (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th-century New York City and State.
