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  2. 40 Wall Street - Wikipedia

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    40 Wall Street, like many other early-20th-century skyscrapers in New York City, is designed as a freestanding tower, rising separately from all adjacent buildings. 40 Wall Street is one of several skyscrapers in the city that have pyramidal roofs, along with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, 14 Wall Street, Woolworth Building ...

  3. New York Stock Exchange Building - Wikipedia

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    [14] [16] [17] The northern structure, at 11 Wall Street on the northern end of the block, has a frontage directly on Wall Street; it was designed by Trowbridge & Livingston and completed in 1922. [18] [19] Due to the site's sloping topography, the first floor is at ground level at the corner of Wall and New Streets, but is one level above ...

  4. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    40 Wall Street: 927 (283) 71 1930 40 Wall Street: 44th-tallest building in the United States; Formerly known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and currently known as the Trump Building, a more permanent name is 40 Wall Street. Was world's tallest building for less than two months before being surpassed by the Chrysler Building.

  5. The Real Wall Street: Where Financial Metaphor Meets ... - AOL

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    The last great building on Wall Street, 60 Wall, was completed in 1987 as the headquarters for JP Morgan & Co., a more recent precursor to JPMorgan Chase (formed in 2000 by the merger of JP Morgan ...

  6. Wikipedia : Featured article candidates/40 Wall Street/archive1

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    The roof is still made of the same material, but the copper has oxidized over time (kind of like the Statue of Liberty), so it now looks green. Epicgenius 16:00, 10 July 2023 (UTC) How about this: The building's pyramidal roof was originally is made of lead-coated copper, which has oxidized and turned green over time.

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  8. Chrysler Building - Wikipedia

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    Van Alen expanded the Chrysler Building's height to 925 feet (282 m), prompting Severance to increase the height of 40 Wall Street to 927 feet (283 m) in April 1929. [104] [170] Construction of 40 Wall Street began that May and was completed twelve months later. [153] In response, Van Alen obtained permission for a 125-foot-long (38 m) spire.

  9. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    A bigger controversy was the rivalry between two New York City skyscrapers built in the Roaring Twenties—the Chrysler Building and 40 Wall Street. The latter was 927 feet (283 meters) tall, had a shorter pinnacle, and had a much higher top occupied floor (the second category in the 1996 criteria for tallest building). [ 19 ]