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These are: Delmonico's Building (56 Beaver Street), the Bowling Green Offices Building (11 Broadway), the Cunard Building (25 Broadway), the Standard Oil Building (26 Broadway), the American Express Building (65 Broadway), City Bank Farmers Trust Building (20 Exchange Place), 90 Maiden Lane, the Down Town Association (60 Pine Street), the Cocoa ...
The project was authorized in 1954 and imagined as "the greatest nondefense construction project in the history of Western Civilization". [6] The city determined that it needed a third water tunnel so that Tunnels 1 and 2 could be closed for inspection and repairs. Stage One construction of Tunnel 3 began in 1970 and completed in 1993.
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 ...
120 Wall Street is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It was completed in 1930. [2] The building is 399 ft (122 m) tall, has 34 floors, and is located on the easternmost portion of Wall Street, and also borders Pine Street and South Street. The architect was Ely Jacques Kahn of Buchman & Kahn. [1]
55 Wall Street occupies a full block bounded by Wall Street to the north, Hanover Street to the east, Exchange Place to the south, and William Street to the west. [8] Though the building occupies an entire city block, each side is a different length due to the irregular street grid in the area.
The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts, which were among the first in the United States, carried water by gravity 41 miles (66 km) from the Croton River in Westchester County to reservoirs in Manhattan.
Now entering Trump country! Mysterious “traffic” signs featuring former President Donald Trump’s silhouetted profile have been popping up around Staten Island, Bay Ridge and other parts of ...
In 1982, during the course of an archaeological excavation conducted as 161 Water Street was built, an 18th-century ship was discovered. [6] Portions of the ship and other artifacts were sent to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News. [5] 161 Water Street was completed in 1983. [7] The building was designed by Fox & Fowle. [1]