City files to demolish the Tombs, Manhattan’s notorious pretrial jail
The City of New York, through the Department of Design and Construction, filed a plan to demolish a 19-story building within the Manhattan Detention Complex, known as the Tombs, at 125 White Street in the Civic Center neighborhood near City Hall in Lower Manhattan. The plan was filed on approximately September 27. The job is described as: Full demolition of nineteen-story building, using hand held…

