Reaction to Little Italy's illicit past can be found at the corner of Centre and Broome streets, where you'll find the Old Police Headquarters , a palatial 1909 Neoclassical confection meant to cow would-be criminals into obedience with its high-rise dome and lavish ornamentation. The police headquarters moved to a bland modern building around City Hall in 1973, and the overbearing palace was converted in the late Eighties into upmarket condominiums, some of which have been called home by Steffi Graf, Winona Ryder and Christy Turlington.

Old Police Headquarters

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