The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 25, 2025
It took over six months to bring down the fourteen stories of 100 Gold. The hand-mixed concrete had to be smashed with a punch, and then the steel reinforcement rods had to be cut by burners. With all the buildings disappearing around it 100 Gold seemed somehow to always still be there. Its last two floors were pulverized by a shovel and ball.
1967, printed 2007
(American, 1942-)
Image: 23.2 x 29.9 cm (9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2012.427
Location: Not on view
Description
The demolition of 100 Gold Street proved to be a long process, as Lyon observed: “The hand-mixed concrete had to be smashed with a punch, and then the steel reinforcement rods had to be cut with burners. With all the buildings disappearing around it, 100 Gold seemed somehow to always still be there. Its last two floors were pulverized by a shovel and ball.”- Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-October 7, 2018).
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