40 Wall Street

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40 Wall Street, also known as the Trump Building, is a skyscraper in New York City, United States. It is 927 feet (283 m) tall and has 70 floors. It was built in 1930 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street in December 2005
Alternative namesThe Trump Building, Manhattan Company Building
Record height
Tallest in the world from April 1930 to May 27, 1930[I]
Preceded byWoolworth Building
Surpassed byChrysler Building
General information
Architectural styleNeo-Gothic
Location40 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005
Coordinates40°42′25″N 74°00′35″W / 40.706964°N 74.009672°W / 40.706964; -74.009672Coordinates: 40°42′25″N 74°00′35″W / 40.706964°N 74.009672°W / 40.706964; -74.009672
Construction startedMay 1, 1929[1]
CompletedMay 1, 1930[2]
Height
Top floor836 ft (255 m)[4]
Technical details
Floor count72[4]
Floor area1,111,675 sq ft (103,278.0 m2)
Elevators36[4]
Design and construction
OwnerHinneberg brothers, Hamburg, Germany
LandlordDonald Trump
Website
www.40wallstreet.com
Manhattan Company Building
NYC Landmark
Location:40 Wall Street, New York City
Area:less than one acre
Built:1929–1930
Architect:H. Craig Severance, Yasuo Matsui, et al.
Architectural style:Skyscraper
Governing body:Private
NRHP Reference#:00000577[5]
Added to NRHP:June 16, 2000
References
[4][6]

40 Wall Street was the tallest building in the world from April to May 1930. Before it was built, the tallest building in the world was the Woolworth Building. The Chrysler Building became the tallest a few months later.

At first it was named the Bank of the Manhattan Company Building, but when the name of the bank changed the building was named for its address of 40 Wall Street. When Donald Trump bought the building in 1995 he changed it to The Trump Building.

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References

  1. Carol Willis. 40 WALL STREET FOUNDATION PHOTOGRAPHS Archived 2018-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Skyscraper Museum
  2. Jay Hoster (2014). Early Wall Street 1830-1940. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4671-2263-4. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  3. dankwa, e t (June 27, 2014) THE 40 WALL STREET Archived 2016-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Modern Art
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named skyscraperCenter.
  5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  6. 40 Wall Street at Emporis

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