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June 25, 1996. The Equitable Building is an office skyscraper located at 120 Broadway between Pine and Cedar streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The skyscraper was designed by Ernest R. Graham in the neoclassical style, with Peirce Anderson as the architect-in-charge. It is 555 feet (169 m) tall, with 38 ...
Apr 26, 2021 · The Equitable Building in New York City is not as famous as the Chrysler, the Empire State, or even the Flatiron. ... The new Equitable Building — with 38-stories, a distinctive H-shape ...
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Jul 25, 2016 · Urban lore says that the massive Equitable Building at 120 Broadway in Lower Manhattan — a 40-story extrusion of a whole city block, unrelieved by setbacks and capable of housing 16,000 workers ...
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1870: The Equitable Building: 1870 Innovation to 1916 Catalyst for Zoning Laws. In 1870, New York City’s Equitable Building emerged as a groundbreaking office structure at 120 Broadway, notably introducing passenger elevators, a significant architectural innovation. Despite its advanced design, a devastating fire in 1912, resulting in six ...
Mar 15, 2013 · The building that changed New York City's zoning laws began with grand but completely unrelated aspirations. When it was constructed in 1870 from a design by Gilman & Kendall and George B. Post ...
The Equitable Building is an office skyscraper located at 120 Broadway between Pine and Cedar streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The skyscraper was designed by Ernest R. Graham in the neoclassical style, with Peirce Anderson as the architect-in-charge. It is 555 feet (169 m) tall, with 38 stories and 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m2) of floor space. The ...
