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Engine Company No. 31 is a late 19th century fire station. It is located at 87 Lafayette Street, at the corner between Lafayette Street and White Street, in Manhattan's Lower East Side. In those days, fire stations were such an important part of the city that they were creatively designed. Of these, Engine Company No. 31 is regarded as the most beautiful.
Engine Company 31, New York City
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It was designed by the firm of Le Brun to resemble a château in Loire, France. It is almost like a fire station out of a fairy tale story.
Today Engine Company No. 31 is no longer used as a fire station. Instead it houses the Downtown Community Television Center. The building is not open to the public, so you can just view it from the outside, which in my opinion, is quite sufficient.
How to reach Engine Company No. 31
Take train 6 to the Canal Street subway station, walk south on Lafayette Street, and you will see Engine No. 6 on your left.
Engine Company 31, front façade
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