TriBeCa
the TriBeCa is part of Tribeca, New York, United States.Interesting places in TriBeCa:
| Tribeca Grand Hotel | Washington Market Park | |
| Holland Tunnel exits | Duane Park | |
| Citigroup - 388 Greenwich | New York Law School | |
| soup house |
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NYC - TriBeCa: AT&T Building
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The AT&T Building was built in 1930-1932 by Ralph Walker of Gmelin & Walker for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. The building was originally called the AT&T Long Distance Building, and its 105,500 m² space housed the technical offices and equipment for company's transatlantic communications. When the Midtown headquarters building was sold to Sony in 1992, AT&T moved its head offices here. The massive rough-textured brick-clad pyramid facade has stripe motifs to enhance verticality, and its linear ornament reflects a technology inspired aesthetic. The Church Street side of the facade is oblique in direction of the street. In the ceramic tiled lobby walls are trimmed with marble, a terazzo floor and bronze doors. One wall is covered with a tiled map of the world and the ceiling features a stucco and glass mosaic allegory of long distance communication to Africa, ASia, Australia and Europe. In 2000 the Rudin Organization bought the building for $100 million and undertook $140 million worth of renovation work. At one point, Rudin planned to dedicate about half the 1.1 million-square-foot property to telecom space. But the collapse of the telecom industry forced the company to announce that about 250,000 square feet will be marketed as office space for lower rents. The Long Distance Building of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1991.
NYC - TriBeCa: Western Union Building
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This 1930 Art Deco landmark from Ralph Walker of Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker, who also designed the New York Telephone Building, still houses many communications firms from AT&T to Verizon to QWest. When it opened, the Western Union Building housed telephone, telegraph, and ticker machinery, as well as a messenger service and classrooms where Western Union messenger boys could continue high school. The 943,000 square foot facility was built for $45 million, which would equate to approximately $428 milliion in today’s market. Nineteen tones of brick shade the facade from deep red brown at the bottom to bright salmon at the top, with decoration motifs influenced by contemporary European Expressionism. The Art Deco lobby is finished in brown brick, with recessed lighting, a glazed ceiling tile and geometrically patterned brickwork and marble on the floor. The Western Union building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1991.
85 Leonard Street
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James Bogardus, 1860-61. Another rare surviving example of Bogardus' cast-iron buildings in New York City. As fancy and eclectic as an old type-foundry specimen book. I say a little bit more about 85 Leonard Street on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door. National Register Number Building at 85 Leonard Street: 80002675
The No. 8 Thomas Street Building
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Jarvis Morgan Slade, 1875-6. A rare example of Venetian Gothic stranded at the edge of Tribeca. Now residential with four loft spaces. I say a little bit more about 8 Thomas Street on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door. National Register Number No. 8 Thomas Street Building: 80002705
NYC - TriBeCa: Smith Barney-Citigroup Building
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This 1989 building by Kohn Pedersen Fox was once the headquarters of the Travelers Group, of which Smith Barney was a brokerage arm. When Travelers was bought by Citigroup, the largest financial services company in the world, the building was given to the former subsidiary, but it retains the enormous and garish light-up Travelers umbrella that outraged neighbors.
Nearest places of interest:
| Duane Park Washington Market Park New York Law School EPA Region 2 | soup house Holland Tunnel exits Citigroup - 388 Greenwich Pier 26 |
