1870 – Equitable Life Assurance Building, New York
Constructed between 1868 and 1870 at 120 Broadway in New York City and was the first office building to feature passenger elevators.
Constructed between 1868 and 1870 at 120 Broadway in New York City and was the first office building to feature passenger elevators.
Designed in a modified neo-Renaissance mode that clad an interior iron skeletal framing with terracotta panels,
The New York World Building (on the left) was designed by early skyscraper specialist George Browne Post to house the now-defunct newspaper,
The St. Paul Building opened in 1899 on lower Broadway and was named after the chapel across the street.
Designed by Beaux-Art trained architect George B. Post. Post’s other notable architected buildings include, the New York Cotton Exchange,
In 1901 the New York Stock Exchange invited eight of New York City’s leading architects to join in a competition to design a grand new building.