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[6] [7] [8] The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services administers most of the Home Life Building, with New York City government offices on the upper floors. A private owner controls the basements and ground level. [9] The Home Life Building is one of the few remaining major insurance company "home office" structures in ...
Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865–1913. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07739-1. OCLC 32819286. "Equitable Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 25, 1996. "Historic Structures Report: Equitable Building". National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. June 2, 1978.
New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture. Excelsior Editions. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6396-4. OCLC 953576510. Waid, D. Everett; Corbett, Harvey Wiley (2003) [First published 1933]. "Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: New Home Office Building in New York". In Shepherd, Roger (ed.).
The New York Codes, ... Insurance: 4 volumes 12: Labor: 5 volumes 13: Law: 1 volume 14: ... New York State Register; Rules of New York City;
Manhattan Life Insurance Building; Record height; Tallest in New York City from 1894 to 1899: Preceded by: New York World Building: Surpassed by: Park Row Building: General information; Status: Demolished: Type: Commercial offices: Architectural style: Beaux-Arts: Location: 64–70 Broadway, 17–19 New Street New York City, New York: Coordinates
The American Surety Building (also known as the Bank of Tokyo Building or 100 Broadway) is an office building and early skyscraper at Pine Street and Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, across from Trinity Church. The building was designed in a Neo-Renaissance style by Bruce Price with a later expansion by Herman ...
[43] [44] The Pan Am Building was the last tall tower erected in New York City before laws were enacted preventing corporate logos and names on the tops of buildings. [45] Modern New York City building code prohibits logos from being more than 25 feet (7.6 m) above the curb or occupying over 200 square feet (19 m 2) on a blockfront. [46]
In 1859, the New York State Legislature created the New York State Insurance Department, and assumed the functions of the Comptroller and Secretary of State relating to insurance. [1] The department began operations in 1860 and William F. Barnes was the first Superintendent of Insurance. [1]