Exploring Downtown

— 100 Old Slip; Hunt & Hunt, Architects, 1909-1911 —

Downtown's East River shipping history still resonates in the names of half a dozen streets called slips - originally inlets carved into the island, where ships were tied up at either side to unload merchandise. Eventually filled in and paved, Old Slip, Coenties Slip, Peck Slip and others further north remain noticeably wider than adjoining streets.

The newly created street at Old Slip belonged to the City of New York. In its center, the City erected two public buildings: the First Precinct police station, modeled after the 15th-century palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, and a firehouse which once stood next to it. The firehouse has long since been demolished, but the police station survives, and now houses The New York City Police Museum.

Recreating the look and feel of an old precinct house, the Police Museum maintains exhibits including uniforms, shields, firearms, motorcycles, and such artifacts as a machine gun used by Al Capone's gang, and a special exhibit honoring the heroic police response to September 11. 2001.

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