39 Whitehall Street
New York City
ca. 1974
Camera: 4x5, 150mm Symmar
Tri-X, Normal, HC-110
X-5 Scan, Post Process PS
Some may remember the history surrounding this building or may have actually been there...
39 Whitehall Street was the US Army's infamous induction center where draft age young men were ordered to report for their pre-induction physical examinations.
Arlo Guthrie's song, “Alice’s Restaurant” (1967), described Whitehall St as the place "where you got injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected.”
The building became an iconic representation of Viet Nam Era resistance to inscription in the face of a questionable war. Numerous protests erupted at 39 Whitehall St. and there were several bombings in the volatile 1960s
By the late 1970s, the 100 year old building, originally built for the Department of the Army, fell into developers' hands. A modern glass facade replaced the original granite face. The building was enlarged and converted into an apartment complex with a street level health club.
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