70 Pine Street
70 Pine Street (also the American International Building) is a skyscraper in New York City, United States. It is a 67-floors, 952-foot (290 m) office building[5] located at the corner of Pearl Street and running to Cedar Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It was built in 1932 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world
| American International Building | |
|---|---|
| File:AmericanInternationalBuilding.jpg | |
| General information | |
| Type | Residential (converted from offices) |
| Architectural style | art deco |
| Location | 70 Pine Street Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA |
| Coordinates | 40°42′23″N 74°00′28″W / 40.70643°N 74.00766°WCoordinates: 40°42′23″N 74°00′28″W / 40.70643°N 74.00766°W |
| Construction started | 1930 |
| Completed | 1932 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 290 m (952 ft) |
| Roof | 850 ft (260 m)[1] |
| Top floor | 800 ft (240 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 67[2] |
| Floor area | 864,988 sq ft (80,360.0 m2)[3] |
| Elevators | 24[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Eastbridge Group |
| Main contractor | James Stuart & Co. Builders |
| Architect | Clinton and Russell; Holton & George |
| Developer | Rose Associates.[4] |
| Structural engineer | Taylor Fichter Steel Construction |
70 Pine Street Media
- American International Building (feb 2013) straighten.jpg
Upper section of the building, showing the small terraces on each setback
- Citiesservicemodel.jpg
A miniature model of the building, incorporated between the eastern entrance portals on Pine and Cedar Streets
70 Pine Street - Open Access:*The security watches the residential entrance near the front of the building.
The top portion of the American International Group headquarters building in New York City lit by the sun; see a similar image of the building at dusk.
- 70 PINE exteriors2.jpg
Looking up from ground level
- NYC Manhattan 1938 Franz Grasser.jpg
Manhattan in the New York City was photographed in 1938 using Agfacolor. This photograph was not colorized. General view of the downtown skyline from the Manhattan Bridge.
70 Pine Street under renovation in 2014
Related pages
References
- ↑ American International Building at SkyscraperPage.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "70 Pine Street" Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine on Skyscraper Center website. Accessed: April 13, 2015.
- ↑ The American International Building Archived 2002-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, Art Deco Era, part 3, New York Scrapers, greatgridlock.net.
- ↑ Cuozzo, Steve (August 7, 2012) "Rose Takes Over at 70 Pine St", New York Post
- ↑ Yankopolus, Jennifer Evans & Cramer, James A. (2005). Almanac of Architecture & Design 2006 (Almanac of Architecture and Design). Greenway Communication. p. 368. ISBN 0-9755654-2-7.
- Abramson, Daniel M. (2001), Skyscraper Rivals:The AIG Building and the Architecture of Wall Street, Princeton Architectural Press. (Excerpt).
Other websites
16x16px Media related to 70 Pine Street at Wikimedia Commons
- 70 Pine Street Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine on CTBUH Skyscraper Center
- Gallery of photographs
- American International Building at Emporis.com
- American International Building Archived 2013-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at in-Arch.net
- American International Building on Skyscraperpage.com