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Staten Island Borough Hall
St. George, Staten Island
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When the island joined New York City in 1898 its courts and offices were pulled out of the old county seat inland and dropped on a hilltop facing the ferry slip. Carrere and Hastings drew the French Renaissance pile that resulted, and the architect, a Staten Island resident himself, picked the site. It still holds the borough president's office.
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