1. 18 January 1965
View of site work showing the beginning of the construction of the expressway tunnel under
Canal Street and the Rivergate (river side of the building) and stabilization of Canal
Street. Liberty Monument (a granite shaft erected by Crescent White League to commemorate
14 September 1874 battle against Yankee Metropolitan Police) has since been relocated from
Canal Street to near the entrance of One Canal Place parking garage.