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Spruce Street is a three-block-long street in the
Spruce Street is a three-block-long street in the Financial District
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of Lower Manhattan
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, New York City
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. It starts at Park Row, near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge
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, and runs east to Gold Street, intersecting with Nassau Street.
History
Spruce Street was originally named George Street, in honor of KingGeorge III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and ...
of Great Britain, and was laid out around 1725 by English settlers. By 1817 it was colloquially known as Little George Street.
150 Nassau Street
150 Nassau Street, also known as the Park Place Tower and the American Tract Society Building, is a 23-story, building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is located at the southeast corner of Spruce Street and ...
and New York Times Building (41 Park Row)
41 Park Row, also 147 Nassau Street and formerly the New York Times Building, is an office building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, across from City Hall and the Civic Center. It occupies a plot abutting Nassau Stree ...
are located at the corner with Nassau Street. 8 Spruce Street
8 Spruce previously known as the Beekman Tower and New York by Gehry, is a residential skyscraper on Spruce Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by architect Frank Gehry + Gehry Partners LLP and developed by ...
is next to New York Downtown Hospital
New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital is a nonprofit, acute care, teaching hospital in New York City and is the only hospital in Lower Manhattan south of Greenwich Village. It is part of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and ...
, and contains an entrance for the adjacent Spruce Street School. The street also contains the main entrance for the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, as well as one for Pace University
Pace University is a private university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, United States. It was established in 1906 as a business school by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace. Pace enrolls about ...
located on the same block.
In popular culture
Spruce Street is mentioned in the science fiction novel '' Time and Again'' byJack Finney
Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including '' The Body Snatchers'' and '' Time and Again''. The former was the b ...
.
See also
* William StreetReferences
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