100 Centre Street: October 2007

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Noel Luria

Noel Luria leaves court after being sentenced to probation. An insurance broker who said he was playing with his bow to celebrate his birthday previously pleaded guilty to charges related to shooting an arrow through a Manhattan neighbor's glass terrace door. The Associated Press reported this story here.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Michael Izzo

New York Fireman Michael Izzo (L) runs and covers up as he leaves The Tombs, the New York County jail. He was arraigned the day before at 100 Centre Street which is next door, on arson charges after he and fellow fireman Richard Capece torched the door of a midtown firehouse. An investigator described the bizarre blaze as a "prank gone bad."

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Andre Bireleanu

"Americas Most Smartest Model" contestant Andre Birleanu leaves court on October 25, 2007. Birleanu was arrested for forcible touching and sexual abuse in the 3rd. degree. Page Six of the NY Post reports, "Birleanu was arrested Oct. 25 after two women claimed he molested them at Cipriani Downtown."

James Colliton

James Colliton retrieving his car after leaving 100 Centre Street. The NY Post reports, ""Lolita Lawyer" James Colliton is heading home from jail next week after admitting in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday to repeatedly bedding a trio of underage girls in the Midtown apartment he used on weeknights. Two of the girls -- sisters ages 13 and 15 - were being pimped by their own mother, prosecutors have charged in the shocking case."

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Robert Chambers

Robert Chambers the infamous "Preppie Killer" is walked into the District Attorney's office prior to being arraigned on various drug charges. Chambers previously served 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of 18 year old Jennifer Levin. He killed her on August 26, 1986 in New York's Central Park.

Dr. James Bonczek

Child psychologist Dr. James Bonczek makes a court appearance after his arrest. He was charged with multiple counts of possession of sexual performance by a child. Read the NY Post story here.

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Built: 1938-1941

Architect: Wiley Corbett and Charles B. Meyers

The Criminal Courts Building is located on the block surrounded by Centre, Leonard, Baxter and White Streets. It currently houses the Criminal and Supreme Courts, the District Attorney, Legal Aid, offices for the Police Department, Department of Correction, and Department of Probation.

The Criminal Courthouse was designed by Wiley Corbett and Charles B. Meyers. Construction began in 1938 and was completed in 1941, at a cost of $14 million. The site, formerly known as Collect Pond, had been the location of the old 1894 Criminal Courthouse and the old Tombs prison.

The seventeen-story Art Deco courthouse has a steel frame and a granite and limestone facade. The building is composed of four towers in front, with a jail behind. The taller center tower is stepped, like a ziggurat. The windows and spandrel form vertical bands alternating with the stone piers. The imposing entrance consists of two huge, freestanding granite columns. A wing designed by the Gruzen Partnership was added in 1986.

Manhattan Criminal Court

One of the original designers, Harvey Wiley Corbett (1873-1954), was one of the architects who planned Rockefeller Center. He also designed the Art Deco style North Building of Metropolitan Life. Charles B. Meyers (1875-1958) designed the Family Courthouse at 135-43 East 22nd Street, the unusual Art Deco/Byzantine style Main Building of Yeshiva University, and the former Municipal Health Building nearby at 125 Worth Street. He won a gold medal for his New York State building at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.

On the inside, a hanging clock marks the center of the two-story high marble lobby. There are Art Deco lighting fixtures and metal doors and two grand staircases with ornamental railings. The simple courtrooms have wood wainscoting and Art Deco lighting fixtures.

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