Cunard Building (New York)
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| Basic data | |
| Place: | New York City |
| Construction time : | 1920-1921 |
| Opening: | 1921 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architectural style : | Neo-renaissance |
| Architect : | Benjamin Wistar Morris III |
| Architects : | Carrère & Hastings |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | office |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 77.64 m |
| Height to the roof: | 77.64 m |
| Floors : | 22nd |
| address | |
| Address: | 25 Broadway |
The former Cunard Building is a 22-story skyscraper. It's located on 25 Broadway in southern Manhattan in New York City , right on Bowling Green . The architect was Benjamin Wistar Morris. The building was constructed from 1917 to 1921. It was listed as a Historic Monument by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1994 .
history
The building is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line , next door was also the headquarters of the competition, the White Star Line , and the Panama Pacific Line was also located in the building on the corner of the park. The building opened in 1919 at a time when New York Harbor was one of the most active in the world. The Renaissance- inspired facade is just as impressive as the high entrance hall, which people should enter to buy their tickets for transatlantic trips.
Today the building is a post office, inside the building there are still ornaments and decorations as you know them on Atlantic steamers.
Web links
- Additional photos and information (English)
- Monument Protection Report 1995 (English; PDF; 5.3 MB)
Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ N , 74 ° 0 ′ 50 ″ W.