65-585: The Sun was a New York newspaper published from 1833 until 1950. It was considered a serious paper, like the city's two more successful broadsheets , The New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune . The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States , and was for a time, the most successful newspaper in America. The paper had a central focus on crime news, in which it
130-498: A bazaar-like atmosphere from the many used clothing shops and pawnbrokerages open by recently immigrated Jews from Germany and central Europe. This gave rise to anti-Semitic caricatures, although many New Yorkers could not distinguish German Jews from other Germans . Chatham Street was also the site of several anti-African American incidents, as in the 1863 New York City draft riots , during which rioters were repulsed in their attempt to attack black waiters at Crook's Restaurant on
195-481: A chokehold on an entire neighborhood and suggesting that One Police Plaza be moved from a residential area. Members of the Civic Center Residents Coalition fought the security perimeter around One Police Plaza for years. Park Row reopened for foot traffic and MTA buses in 2005, although only 200 buses per day were allowed on the street, and they had to pass through security checkpoints. In 2007,
260-470: A fabricated story of life and civilization on the Moon which the paper falsely attributed to British astronomer John Herschel and never retracted. The hoax featured man-bat creatures named the " Vespertilio -homo" that inhabited the moon and built temples. A Yale University delegation was sent to look after the article, and the whole story created much sensation at the time. On April 13, 1844, The Sun published
325-414: A folded page. Many rate cards and specification cards refer to the "broadsheet size" with dimensions representing the front page "half of a broadsheet" size, rather than the full, unfolded broadsheet spread. Some quote actual page size and others quote the "printed area" size. The two versions of the broadsheet are: The broadsheet, broadside , was used as a format for musical and popular prints in
390-457: A groundbreaking series of articles by Malcolm Johnson , "Crime on the Waterfront". The series served as the basis for the 1954 movie On the Waterfront . The Sun ' s first female reporter was Emily Verdery Bettey , hired in 1868. Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd was hired as a reporter and fashion editor in the 1880s. Brainerd was one of the first women to become a professional editor, and perhaps
455-475: A morning newspaper edited by Benjamin Day (1810–1889), with the slogan "It Shines for All". It cost only one penny (equivalent to 32¢ in 2023), was easy to carry, and had illustrations and crime reporting popular with working-class readers. It inspired a new genre across the nation, known as the penny press , which made the news more accessible to low-income readers at a time when most papers cost five cents. The Sun
520-496: A newspaper established by women's rights activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton , was also headquartered on Park Row, at 27 Chatham Street. The decline of Park Row as a newspaper hub began in 1895, when the Herald moved to Herald Square . Ten years later, in 1905, the Times moved to its new headquarters at One Times Square . The Tribune moved uptown in 1923, while
585-609: A paper size of A1 per spread (841 by 594 mm or 33.1 by 23.4 in). South African broadsheet newspapers have a double-page spread sheet size of 820 by 578 mm (32.3 by 22.8 in) (single-page live print area of 380 x 545 mm). Others measure 22 in (560 mm) vertically. In the United States , the traditional dimensions for the front page half of a broadsheet are 12 in (305 mm) wide by 22.75 in (578 mm) long. However, in efforts to save newsprint costs, many U.S. newspapers have downsized to 11 in (279 mm) wide by 21 in (533 mm) long for
650-406: A profit could be made selling to them. The offices of The Sun were initially located on Printing House Square , now called Park Row , Manhattan, and was next to New York City Hall and New York City Police Department . It had a pigeon house built on the roof of its New York office at Nassau Street , receiving news from New York Harbor . They also later used horses, steamships , trains, and
715-460: A review by John Grierson of Robert Flaherty 's film Moana , in which Grierson said the film had "documentary value". This is considered the origin of the term "documentary film". The newspaper's editorial cartoonist, Rube Goldberg , received the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his cartoon, Peace Today . In 1949, The Sun won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for
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#1732854930693780-477: A scene of the 1972 film The Godfather . The newspaper's offices were a converted department store at 280 Broadway, between Chambers and Reade streets in lower Manhattan, now known as " The Sun Building " and famous for the clocks that bear the newspaper's masthead and motto. They were recognized as a New York City landmark in 1986. The building now houses the New York City Department of Buildings . In
845-728: A scheme relating to the US Postal Service , resulting in number of trials and increasing public support for civil service reform . An evening edition, known as The Evening Sun , was introduced in 1887. The newspaper magnate Frank Munsey bought both editions of the paper in 1916 and merged The Evening Sun with his New York Press . The morning edition of The Sun was merged for a time with Munsey's New York Herald as The Sun and New York Herald , but in 1920, Munsey separated them again, killed The Evening Sun , and switched The Sun to an evening publishing format. From 1914 to 1919, The Sun moved its offices to 150 Nassau Street , one of
910-435: A story by Edgar Allan Poe now known as " The Balloon-Hoax ", retracted two days after publication. The story told of an imagined Atlantic crossing by hot-air balloon. Today the paper is best known for the 1897 editorial " Is There a Santa Claus? " (commonly referred to as "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus"), written by Francis Pharcellus Church . John B. Bogart, city editor of The Sun between 1873 and 1890, made what
975-414: A suicide. This story was significant because it was the first about the death of an ordinary person. It changed journalism forever, making the newspaper an integral part of the community and the lives of the readers. Day was the first to hire reporters to go out and collect stories. Prior to this, newspapers dealt almost exclusively in articles about politics or reviews of books or the theater and relied, in
1040-457: A traditional tabloid) on 12 September 2005. In June 2017, the Guardian announced it would again change the format to tabloid size – the first tabloid edition was published on 15 January 2018. The main motivation cited for this shift was that commuters prefer papers that they can hold easily on public transport and that other readers also might find the smaller formats more convenient. In
1105-454: Is a story about the death of a New York newspaper called The Day , loosely based upon the Sun , which closed in 1950. The original Sun newspaper was edited by Benjamin Day, making the film's newspaper name a play on words (not to be confused with the real-life New London, Connecticut newspaper of the same name). The masthead of the original Sun is visible in a montage of newspaper clippings in
1170-526: Is a street located in the Financial District , Civic Center , and Chinatown neighborhoods of the New York City borough of Manhattan . The street runs east–west, sometimes called north–south because the western end bends to the south. At the north end of Park Row is the confluence of Bowery , East Broadway , St. James Place, Oliver Street, Mott Street , and Worth Street at Chatham Square . At
1235-791: Is headquartered at 1 Police Plaza located on Park Row, across the street from the Manhattan Municipal Building and Metropolitan Correctional Center . Two apartment buildings of significance on Park Row are the Chatham Towers at no. 170, built in 1965 and designed by Kelly & Gruzen, which, according to the AIA Guide to New York City , makes a "strong architectural statement...[which] rouses great admiration and great criticism," and Chatham Green at 185 Park Row, built in 1961 and also designed by Kelly & Gruzen. The segment of Park Row between Frankfort Street and Chatham Square
1300-603: Is most obvious on the front page since tabloids tend to have a single story dominated by a headline, and broadsheets allow two or more stories to be displayed of which the most important sit at the top of the page " above the fold ." A few newspapers, though, such as the German Bild-Zeitung and others throughout Central Europe are tabloids in terms of content but use the physical broadsheet format. In 2003, The Independent started concurrent production of both broadsheet and tabloid (" compact ") editions, carrying exactly
1365-457: Is now used by Pace University. The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung moved to its own building at 17 Chatham Street at almost the same time as the Times moved into its new building. The Park Row Building (also known as 15 Park Row) is located at the western end of Park Row, opposite City Hall Park . Designed by noted architect R. H. Robertson , and built in 1896-99, It was designated a city landmark in 1999. At 391 feet (119 m) tall it
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#17328549306931430-455: Is open only to MTA buses and government and emergency vehicles and has been closed to civilian traffic since the September 11, 2001, attacks . The NYPD asserts that this is necessary to protect its headquarters from a truck bomb attack. Nearby Chinatown residents were increasingly frustrated at the disruption caused by the closure of the thoroughfare, arguing that the police department has placed
1495-568: Is perhaps the most frequently quoted definition of the journalistic endeavor: " When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. " (The quotation is frequently attributed to Charles Dana , The Sun editor and part-owner between 1868 and his death in 1897.) From 1912, Don Marquis wrote a regular column, 'The Sundial', for the Evening Sun. In 1916, he used this to introduce his characters Archy and Mehitabel . In 1926, The Sun published
1560-431: Is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of 22.5 inches (57 cm). Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid – compact formats. Many broadsheets measure roughly 28 by 22 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (711 by 578 mm) per full broadsheet spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have
1625-465: Is then cut in half during the process. Thus, the newsprint rolls used are defined by the width necessary to print four front pages. The width of a newsprint roll is called its web. The now-common 11-inch-wide front page broadsheet newspapers in the United States use a 44-inch web newsprint roll. With profit margins narrowing for newspapers in the wake of competition from broadcast, cable television, and
1690-525: The New York Herald and The Sun , were near Newspaper Row but not actually housed on Park Row itself. The newspapers on Chatham Street were among the first to construct early skyscrapers for their headquarters, reflecting their newfound wealth. The first of these major newspaper buildings, the New York Tribune Building , opened in 1875 as a nine-story, 260-foot (79 m) structure;
1755-422: The New York Herald , founded by James Gordon Bennett , they covered murder cases such as Helen Jewett 's murder, the murder of John C. Colt 's murder, Samuel Colt 's brother, and Mary Rogers 's case near Sybil's Cave . The Sun and The Herald took sides in these cases, championing working class people over the traditional landed and mercantile elites which, during this era, held disproportionate power over
1820-551: The Democratic-Republican Party , founded by Thomas Jefferson , on election days. Those who gathered there became known as "Martling Men", "Tammanyites" or "Bucktails", especially during the time that Tammany was attempting to wrest control of the party away from governor De Witt Clinton . In the 1780s, Chatham Street was the site of the Tea Water Pump, a privately owned company which took water from Fresh Water Pond,
1885-611: The New York World-Telegram and Sun . That paper continued for 16 years; in 1966, it joined with the New York Herald Tribune to briefly become part of the World Journal Tribune , preserving the names of three of the most historic city newspapers, which folded amid disputes with the unions representing its staff the following year. The Sun first gained notice for its central role in the Great Moon Hoax of 1835,
1950-569: The World shuttered in 1931. The Journal of Commerce , the last remaining newspaper to publish from Park Row, moved from its headquarters in the World Building in 1953. Until 1971, Park Row continued in a relatively straight path, except for a curved portion around the Brooklyn Bridge's ramps. Between 1971 and 1973, a pedestrian plaza was built as part of 1 Police Plaza , after which Park Row
2015-489: The telegraph , the Pony Express and Royal Mail Ships . Moses Yale Beach 's sons, Alfred Ely Beach and Moses S. Beach , took over the paper following his retirement. He celebrated the event at his house on Chambers Street , along with the other editors of Gotham , with guests including Congressmen Horace Greeley and James Brooks , and Abraham Lincoln's Chairman Henry Jarvis Raymond . In 1868, Moses S. Beach sold
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2080-467: The 17th century. Eventually, people began using the broadsheet as a source for political activism by reprinting speeches. Broadsheet newspapers developed in Britain after a 1712 tax was imposed on newspapers based on their page counts. However, larger formats had long been signs of status in printed objects and still are in many places. Outside of Britain the broadsheet developed for other reasons unrelated to
2145-500: The 1994 movie The Paper , a fictional tabloid newspaper based in New York City bore the same name and motto of The Sun , with a slightly different masthead. In 2002, a new broadsheet was launched, styled The New York Sun , and bearing the old newspaper's masthead and motto. It was intended as a "conservative alternative" and local news-focused alternative to the more liberal The New York Times and other New York newspapers. It
2210-516: The British tax structure including style and authority. With the early mechanization of the 19th century came an increased production of printed materials including the broadside, as well as the competing penny dreadful . Newspapers all over Europe were then starting to print their issues on broadsheets. However, in the United Kingdom, the main competition for the broadside was the gradual reduction of
2275-576: The NYPD stated that it would not be moving despite the numerous complaints from residents, explaining that they had tried to alleviate the impact of the security measures by forbidding officers from parking in nearby public spaces and by reopening a stairway that skirts the headquarters' south side and leads down to street level near the Brooklyn Bridge . The department also planned to redesign its guard booths and security barriers to make them more attractive, and
2340-558: The United States, The Wall Street Journal made headlines when it announced its overseas version would convert to a tabloid on 17 October 2005. Strong debate occurred in the US on whether or not the rest of the national papers will or even should follow the trend of the European papers and The Wall Street Journal . The Wall Street Journal overseas edition switched back to a broadsheet format in 2015. Park Row (Manhattan)#History Park Row
2405-483: The area were The New York Times , which in 1857 became the first New York City newspaper to be housed in a structure built specially for its use. Part of the southern section of the street, centered on the intersection with Spruce Street, was known as Printing House Square . The newspapers housed on Newspaper Row, combined, printed more than 250,000 copies per day at their peak, leading the area to be considered "America's preeminent press center". Other papers, such as
2470-426: The city's only supply of fresh water, and which remained purer longer than some of the other sources which drew from the pond. Chatham Street was also a center for entertainment. In 1798, Marc Isambard Brunel designed the 2,000-seat Park Theater on Chatham Street, intended to attract the upper classes of the city. The theater cost $ 130,000 to build, and tickets were 25 cents for seats in the gallery, and 50 cents in
2535-529: The days before the organization of syndicates such as the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI), on items sent in by readers and unauthorized copies of stories from other newspapers. The Sun ' s focus on crime was the beginning of "the craft of reporting and storytelling". Crime news provided New Yorkers with information about how the city worked, dwelling on violations of justice, abuse of state power and corrupt schemes. The Sun
2600-699: The downsizing until July 2006, saying it would stick to its 54-inch web ( 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch front page). However, the paper adopted the narrower format beginning Monday, 6 August 2007. The smaller newspapers also have the advantage of being easier to handle, particularly among commuters. In some countries, especially Australia , Canada , the UK, and the US, broadsheet newspapers are commonly perceived to be more intellectual in content than their tabloid counterparts. They tend to use their greater size to publish stories exploring topics in-depth and carry less sensationalist and celebrity -oriented material. The distinction
2665-471: The first decade of the 20th century. Two other buildings on Park Row were also part of Newspaper Row but not built specifically for newspapers' use. The Potter Building , at 38 Park Row, contained tenants such as The Press , a Republican Party –affiliated penny paper , as well as The New York Observer . The Park Row Building , at 15 Park Row, housed the early headquarters of the Associated Press , founded by Moses Yale Beach . The Revolution ,
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2730-660: The first full-time fashion editor in American newspaper history. In 1881, the heroic legend of sheriff Bartholomew Masterson, known as " Bat Masterson ", started from the coverage of a Sun reporter whom he had duped. He was a companion of Buffalo Bill , and fought at the Battle of Dodge City War , and was later the subject of a book titled Gunfighter in Gotham and the American TV series Bat Masterson . The film Deadline – U.S.A. (1952)
2795-528: The first skyscrapers made of steel, and one of the tallest in the city at the time. The tower was close to the New York Times Building , Woolworth Tower , and New York City Hall . In 1919, The Sun moved its offices to the A.T. Stewart Company Building, site of America's first department store, at 280 Broadway between Reade and Chambers Streets. 280 Broadway was renamed " The Sun Building " in 1928. A clock featuring The Sun 's name and slogan
2860-492: The headquarters of the New-York Tribune was then the city's second-tallest building after Trinity Church . After the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, Park Row was the site of the large Park Row Terminal for the elevated trains and cable-hauled shuttle cars which crossed the bridge. Service was gradually reduced from 1913 to 1940, and the terminal was demolished in 1944. The next major structure to open
2925-410: The internet, newspapers are looking to standardize the size of the newsprint roll. The Wall Street Journal with its 12-inch-wide front page was printed on 48-inch web newsprint. Early adopters in the downsizing of broadsheets used a 50-inch web ( 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch front pages). However, the 48-inch web is now rapidly becoming the definitive standard in the U.S. The New York Times held out on
2990-534: The nation's politics and economy. Benjamin Day 's brother-in-law, Moses Yale Beach , joined the venture in 1834, became co-owner in 1835, and a few years later, became sole proprietor, bringing a number of innovations to the industry. It became the largest among the Gotham papers for 20 years, sometimes eclipsed by the New-York Tribune or the New York Herald . The newspaper printed the first newspaper account of
3055-442: The newspaper tax, beginning in the 1830s until its eventual dismissal in 1855. With the increased production of newspapers and literacy, the demand for visual reporting and journalists led to the blending of broadsides and newspapers, creating the modern broadsheet newspaper . Modern printing facilities most efficiently print broadsheet sections in multiples of eight pages (with four front pages and four back pages). The broadsheet
3120-697: The newspaper to Charles A. Dana , the Assistant Secretary of War of Abraham Lincoln , and stayed a stockholder. In 1872 The Sun exposed the Crédit Mobilier Scandal , implicating a number of corrupt Congressmen and Vice President Schuyler Colfax in a corrupt scheme involving the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad , and in 1881 exposed the Star Route Scandal , implicating a number of high-profile politicians and businessmen in
3185-488: The orchestra. In the early 1800s, more taverns, theaters and small hotels on the street started to offer free entertain to attract customers to drink. These were called "free and easies", "varieties" or "vaudeville" and offered numerous different kinds of performances: comedy, dance, dramatic skits, magic, music, ventriloquism, and tellers of tall tales. New theaters such as the Chatham Theater sprang up as well to attract
3250-556: The overflow from the entertainment strip on the Bowery. Boxing was also a popular entertainment. The Arena on Park Row packed in fans with its nightly presentation of "the manly art". In the early 19th century, most of the Manhattan portion of the street was suppressed, the Commons became City Hall Park , and the stub of a street was renamed Park Row. By the mid-19th century, the street had
3315-531: The paper. In the 1940s, the newspaper was considered among the most conservative in New York City and was strongly opposed to the New Deal and labor unions. The Sun won a Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for an exposé of labor racketeering; it also published the early work of sportswriter W.C. Heinz . It continued until January 4, 1950, when it merged with the New York World-Telegram to form a new paper called
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#17328549306933380-509: The road which became Park Row was called Chatham Street, a name that enters into the city's history on numerous occasions. The tobacco industry in New York City got its start in 1760, when Pierre Lorillard opened a snuff factory on Chatham Street, and in 1795, the Long Room of Abraham Martling's Tavern on Chatham Street was one of the first headquarters used by the Tammany Society and
3445-473: The same content. The Times did likewise, but with less apparent success, with readers vocally opposing the change. The Independent ceased to be available in broadsheet format in May 2004, and The Times followed suit from November 2004; The Scotsman is also now published only in tabloid format. The Guardian switched to the "Berliner" or "midi" format found in some other European countries (slightly larger than
3510-504: The street's south end, Broadway , Vesey Street , Barclay Street, and Ann Street intersect. The intersection includes a bus turnaround loop designated as Millennium Park . Park Row was once known as Chatham Street; it was renamed Park Row in 1886, a reference to the fact that it faces City Hall Park , the former New York Common. In the late 18th century Eastern Post Road became the more important road connecting New York City to Albany and New England to its north. This section of
3575-518: The street. Poverty was also commonplace; in 1890, Jacob Riis revealed in How the Other Half Lives that over 9,000 homeless men lodged nightly on Chatham Street and the Bowery, between City Hall and Cooper Union . During the late 19th century, Park Row was nicknamed Newspaper Row , as most of New York City's newspapers located on the street to be close to City Hall . Among the earlier newspapers in
3640-475: Was a new headquarters for The New York Times at 41 Park Row, which was completed in 1889 and stood 13 stories tall. The third early skyscraper on Newspaper Row was the 20-story New York World Building , the New York World 's headquarters, which at a height of 309 feet (94 m) was the first building in the city to be taller than Trinity Church. The Times and Tribune Buildings were both expanded in
3705-486: Was a pioneer, and was the first journal to hire a police reporter . Its audience was primarily working class readers. The Sun is well-known for publishing the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, as well as Francis Pharcellus Church 's 1897 editorial containing the line " Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ". It merged with the New York World-Telegram in 1950. The Sun began publication in New York on September 3, 1833, as
3770-427: Was also the first newspaper to hire newspaper hawkers to sell it on the street, developing the trade of newsboys shouting headlines. The Sun was the first newspaper to report crimes and personal events such as suicides, deaths, and divorces. The paper had a focus on police reports and human-interest stories for the masses, which consisted of short descriptions of arrests, thefts, and violence. With their competitor
3835-418: Was also the first newspaper to show that a newspaper could be substantially supported by advertisements rather than subscription fees, and could be sold on the street instead of delivered to each subscriber. Prior to The Sun , printers produced newspapers, often at a loss, making their living selling printing services. Day and The Sun recognized that the masses were fast becoming literate, and demonstrated that
3900-500: Was built at the corner with Broadway and Chambers Street. Munsey died in 1925 with a fortune of about 20 million dollars, and was ranked as one of the most powerful media moguls of his time, along with William Randolph Hearst . He left the bulk of his estate, including The Sun , to the Metropolitan Museum of Art . The next year The Sun was sold to William Dewart, a longtime associate of Munsey's. Dewart's son Thomas later ran
3965-517: Was involved in efforts to convert two lanes of Park Row into a cycling and pedestrian greenway , which opened in June 2018. In the 2020s, the section of Park Row north of Chatham Square remained closed to most traffic, and residents of Chinatown were advocating for it to be reopened. Because of the security barriers, ambulances tended to avoid traveling along the Police Plaza section of Park Row. Park Row
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#17328549306934030-406: Was originally located at 113 Nassau Street in 1851. It moved to 138 Nassau Street in 1854, and in 1858 it moved a little more than one block away to 41 Park Row, possibly making it the first newspaper in New York City housed in a building built specifically for its use. The New York Times Building, which was designed by George B. Post , was designated a New York City landmark in 1999. The building
4095-594: Was published by Ronald Weintraub and edited by Seth Lipsky, and ceased publication on September 30, 2008. In 2022, it was revived as an online newspaper, under the ownership of Dovid Efune, while Lipsky remained editor. The history of the New York Sun is extensively covered in the Pulitzer Prize -winning book Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 . Past reporters of the paper have included NYC Police Commissioner , Col. Arthur H. Woods , and NYC Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson . Broadsheet A broadsheet
4160-574: Was rerouted underneath the plaza and its intersection with New Chambers Street and Duane Street was eliminated. Today, a statue of Benjamin Franklin by Ernst Plassman stands in Printing House Square, in front of the One Pace Plaza and 41 Park Row buildings of Pace University , holding a copy of his Pennsylvania Gazette , a reminder of what Park Row once was. The New York Times
4225-483: Was the tallest building in the world from 1899 until 1908, when it was surpassed by the Singer Building . The Potter Building at 38 Park Row (145 Nassau Street) was built in 1882-86 and designated a New York City landmark in 1996. It was built after the owner's previous building on the site burned down. The Potter Building was converted into apartments between 1979 and 1981. The New York City Police Department
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