Deutsche Bank
the Deutsche Bank is part of Financial District .Top photos chosen by u all:
NYC: American Intl Building and Manhattan Company Building
Made by wallyg
The American International Building (70 Pine Street, center), built in 1930-1932 for the Cities Service Company, was the tallest building in the Downtown area until the completion of the World Trade Center. It also was to be the last skyscraper to be built in Financial District in the pre-WW II years. It took until 1960 that another tall skyscraper rose to the area, in the form of the Chase Manhattan Bank. Today building is owned by AIG. (right), built in 1928-1930 for the Bank of the Manhattan Co., is best known for its race for the world's tallest building neck to neck with the Chrysler Building. Designed by H. Craig Servance, along with Yasuo Matsui and Shreve & Lamb, it was built simultaneously with the rivalling building. Both made design revisions as they were being built to add height, first with a raised spire in the Chrysler Building, countered by a heighened pyramid roof in the 40 Wall St. Finally, the 70-storey building was topped out with the raised pyramidal top and lantern, escalating the height to 927 feet, the builders being certain that they'd won. But when the Chrysler Building's secretly-raised needle-like vertex, raised three weeks earlier, was finally publicized, 40 Wall was left to hold the second place in skyscraper rankings. (Although according to the Real Estate Weekly, the 282.5 m tall building still holds the title of the tallest mid-block building.) In 1946, 40 Wall Street was hit by a United States Coast Guard airplane in 1946 during fog. The crash killed five people, and the pyramidal tower was damaged. Though zoned for commercial use only, it has been said that Governor Thomas A. Dewey took residence below the observation deck for a time. In 1995, Donald Trump bought the building for $8 million and renamed it the Trump Building. He intended to convert the upper half of it to residential space, leaving the bottom half as commercial space. However, today it remains 100% commercial space. 40 Wall Street was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1998. Manhattan Company Building National Register #00000577 (2000)
The Wallace Building, in shadow
Made by epicharmus
Oswald Wirz, 1893-4. The AIA Guide to New York City: Romanesque revival in stone, brick, and terra cotta. The incised decoration is in the spirit of H.H. Richardson and his peers. I say a little more about this building on my landmarks blog. National Register Numbers Wallace Building: 03000848 Wall Street Historic District: 07000063
American International Building
Made by epicharmus
An Art Deco hypodermic needle designed by Clinton & Russell and Holton & George. Lies within the newly-established Wall Street Historic District. I say a little more about it on on my landmarks blog. National Register Number Wall Street Historic District: 07000063
New York 4th of July Fireworks
Made by Michael McDonough
*Macy's 4th of July Fireworks 2007 The 2007 fireworks show will feature more than 120,000 bursts of pyrotechnic color and a display of nautical fireworks during a pirate battle scene. *About.com
Wall Street
Made by ElessarJimmy
quien lo diria, eh? Al final de la calle hay una iglesia donde rezar si te has quedado sin blanca...
Nearest places of interest:
| 77 Water Street Biplane 55 Water Street 111 Wall St - Citigroup Pier 11 Wall Street | 2 Gold Street NYU Water Street Dorm Chase Manhattan Bank Financial District |
