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Staple Street Skybridge

Worth it. An inquisitive mystery for most people visiting Tribeca, the Staple Street Skybridge suspends three stories in the air and connects two seemingly unrelated buildings.

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A skybridge connects two brick warehouse buildings over a narrow Tribeca street.
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Two people walk down a cobblestone Tribeca alley beneath a covered skybridge connecting brick warehouses.
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The cast iron bridge was built in 1907 to serve as a connection between two buildings owned by the New York Hospital (renamed New York Presbyterian in 1998). In the photo above, the building on the left (60 Hudson Street) housed the House of Relief (an emergency room) and the building on the right (9 Jay Street) housed the laundry room.

The hospital closed the House of Relief after World War I, but the footbridge remained. Today, Staple Street Skybridge is the neighborhood’s defining landmark, which is why snapping a photo with it is one of the most iconic it.

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