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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 ...
Nominator(s): Epicgenius 15:19, 17 May 2023 (UTC) [] This article is about yet another building on Wall Street in New York City. In sharp contrast to the humble House of Morgan or the short but storied National City Bank Building, this skyscraper stands out on the skyline of Lower Manhattan, with its limestone facade and green pyramidal roof.
[36] [g] The 40 Wall Street tower was revised, in April 1929, from 840 feet (260 m) to 925 feet (282 m) making it the world's tallest. [185] The Chrysler Building added its 185-foot (56 m) steel tip to its roof in October 1929, thus bringing it to a height of 1,046 feet (319 m) and greatly exceeding the height of 40 Wall Street. [31]
The 927-foot-tower (283 metres) was built as the headquarters of the Manhattan Company between 1929 and 1930, just as the Great Depression got underway.
The construction of the Chrysler Building, an early skyscraper, was characterized by a competition with 40 Wall Street and the Empire State Building to become the world's tallest building. The Chrysler Building was designed and funded by Walter Chrysler personally as a real estate investment for his children, but it was not intended as the ...
Nelson Tower, 40 Wall Street, Montague-Court Building, Taft Hotel Harold Craig Severance (July 1, 1879 – September 2, 1941) was an American architect who designed a number of well-known buildings in New York City, including the Coca-Cola Building, Nelson Tower and most prominently, 40 Wall Street .
The seismic settlement announced by the National Association of Realtors earlier this month has not yet been approved, but it is already sending shockwaves through the real estate industry.
40 Wall Street is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. Erected in 1929–1930 as the headquarters of the Manhattan Company , the building was designed by H. Craig Severance with Yasuo Matsui and Shreve & Lamb .