Empire Building (Manhattan)

The Empire Building is a 21- story high-rise in Manhattan, New York City. It is located at 71 Broadway, the building has a steel frame with curtain wall. It was planned in 1895 according to plans by Kimball & Thompson and built by Marc Eidlitz & Son.

It is one of the earliest skyscrapers, built with the help of caissons and still stands today. Between 1901 and 1976, it housed the headquarters of the United States Steel Corporation. It was converted into an apartment building in 1997. After that, it was classified in 1996 by the Landmarks Preservation Commission as a New York City Landmark, in 1998, the entry in the National Register of Historic Places.

History

Orlando B. Potter acquired in 1884 a six-story brownstone office building on Broadway 71 Here is an attempt in 1891 was perpetrated on Russell Sage. After the death of Potters in 1894, his heirs gave the present building in order. On April 23, 1919 purchased the United States Steel Corporation, which was one of the most important tenants of rooms in the building since its foundation in 1901, the house for about five million U.S. dollars by the heirs. The group had its headquarters here until 1976. Although the company sold the building in 1973, although it remained until the mid-1980s in office space.

The Empire Building was rebuilt in 1997 in 237 apartments after the World-Wide Group of Manhattan had acquired the foreclosed property for approximately ten million U.S. dollars. It stands directly beside the former American Express Building, across the street is the American Surety Building, and one Wall Street.

Architecture

The plot on Broadway a length of 24 meters and measures 68 meters along the Rector Street and Trinity Place to the front has a length of approximately 15 meters. Overall, the building has an area of 1302 square meters and a total floor area of ​​approximately 28,000 square meters. Some parts of the entrance on Broadway extend beyond the property boundary. At the Rector Street, the building is adjacent to the churchyard of Trinity Church, creating the scenery for the Church. This provides a clear view of the building permits.

The foundation of the building was designed by Charles Sooysmith who have a combination of grid and 23 caissons foresaw that were driven seven meters into the ground.

Design

The building is divided into three different areas, base, midsection, and capital, as in a classical column order. The original design called for a panel of base with terracotta, the owners then decided, however, for granite. The middle part consists of twelve floors with white, rustic granite slabs. The capital consists of a four-story colonnaded loggias and a cornice of metal. In the basement is a full basement, which is optional on the Rector Street and Trinity Place is a store front. This is due to the different height of the road in front of and behind the plane of the building.

The main entrance to the Broadway side is decorated in the manner of a triumphal arch, a large archway is flanked by two smaller, leading to the shops on the ground floor.

Changes

The twenty-first floor was designed and added built in 1930 by John C. Westervelt. The main entrance to down Broadway, the entrance to Trinity Place and the connection to the elevated train at Trinity Place in 1938 redesigned by Walker & Gillette in the Art Deco style.