Joseph-François Mangin
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Joseph-François Mangin was an American
architect
who designed many landmarks in the 18th and 19th century-New York.
on the design of the Place de la Concorde, Paris. Previous to the present New York City Commissioner’ Plan of 1811, the city's Common Council commissioned surveyor Casimir Goerck and his partner Mangin in in 1797 for a development plan of the city. They delivered this in 1803 but it was rejected. Between 1801-1802, Mangin worked with John McComb Jr.
(1763–1853) on New York's City Hall. Mangin was renowned as the talented designer, while McComb came from a family of talented builders. Another major work he was responsible for was the city's original Greek Revival-style
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (1809–1815) at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets, which was altered after a fire in 1866 into a Gothick parish church, and was elevated to basilica status in 2010.
, which was extended as landfill areas were incorporated into Manhattan, and now extends just west of the FDR Drive. During urban renewal projects, most of this street disappeared except for two short stretches under the Williamsburg Bridge and from Baruch Place to East Houston Street.
United States
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Architect
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who designed many landmarks in the 18th and 19th century-New York.
Career
Mangin appears to have lived and worked in Paris. He worked with Ange-Jacques GabrielAnge-Jacques Gabriel
Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the most prominent French architect of his generation.Born to a Parisian family of architects and initially trained by the royal architect Robert de Cotte and his father , whom he assisted in the creation of the Place Royale at Bordeaux , the younger Gabriel...
on the design of the Place de la Concorde, Paris. Previous to the present New York City Commissioner’ Plan of 1811, the city's Common Council commissioned surveyor Casimir Goerck and his partner Mangin in in 1797 for a development plan of the city. They delivered this in 1803 but it was rejected. Between 1801-1802, Mangin worked with John McComb Jr.
John McComb Jr.
John McComb, Jr. was an American architect who designed many landmarks in the 18th and 19th centuries.McComb's father John McComb, Sr...
(1763–1853) on New York's City Hall. Mangin was renowned as the talented designer, while McComb came from a family of talented builders. Another major work he was responsible for was the city's original Greek Revival-style
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (1809–1815) at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets, which was altered after a fire in 1866 into a Gothick parish church, and was elevated to basilica status in 2010.
Legacy
Mangin Street (Manhattan), as incorporated into the Commissioner's Plans, runs from Grand Street north to Houston Street to the East River at Rivington Street (Manhattan)Rivington Street (Manhattan)
Rivington Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which runs across the Lower East Side neighborhood, between Bowery and Pitt Street, with a break between Chrystie and Forsyth for Sara D. Roosevelt Park...
, which was extended as landfill areas were incorporated into Manhattan, and now extends just west of the FDR Drive. During urban renewal projects, most of this street disappeared except for two short stretches under the Williamsburg Bridge and from Baruch Place to East Houston Street.