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40 Wall Street (also the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and Manhattan Company Building) is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, New York.
This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1880 and the 1930s, predominantly in the United States cities of New York and Chicago, but also across the rest of the U.S. and in many other parts of the world.
The skyscraper, which has shaped Manhattan's distinctive skyline, has been closely associated with New York City's identity since the end of the 19th century.From 1890 to 1973, the title of world's tallest building resided continually in Manhattan (with a gap between 1894 and 1908, when the title was held by Philadelphia City Hall), with eight different buildings holding the title. [15]
After the impressive rise of skyscrapers in the 1930s—the Empire State, Chrysler, and 40 Wall Street buildings all went up during this decade—the New York City skyline stagnated, staying ...
The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York.
A construction worker atop the Empire State Building as it was being built in 1930; to the right is the Chrysler Building Aerial view of the tip of Lower Manhattan , 1931 Lower East Side and Lower Manhattan skyline photographed using Agfacolor , 1938
Tallest building west of the Mississippi River from 1989 to 2017. Tallest building constructed in the world in the 1980s. It was previously the tallest building in the world with a helipad on the roof. [59] [60] It is now third on that list behind China World Trade Center Tower III, and Guangzhou International Finance Center. Franklin Center ...
Horn & Hardart Automat Cafeteria Building 1930 2006 [67]: 151 NYCL #2192: Manhattan 330 West 42nd Street McGraw-Hill Building § 1930–1931 1979 (NYC) 1989 (NHL) [67]: 88–89 NRHP #80002701, NYCL #1050: Manhattan 115 Central Park West The Majestic: 1930–1931 1988 [86] NYCL #1518: Manhattan 1619 Broadway Brill Building: 1930–1931 2010 [87 ...