Bank of Manhattan Trust Building

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The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf high-rise building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
neo-Gothic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 40 Wall Street ⓘ
The Trump Building ⓘ
architect H. Craig Severance ⓘ
Yasuo Matsui ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
Neo-Gothic ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
competedWith Chrysler Building ⓘ
Empire State Building ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developer Bank of Manhattan Trust Company ⓘ
floorCount 71 ⓘ
hasDesignFeature gothic ornamentation ⓘ
pyramidal crown ⓘ
setbacks ⓘ
hasElevatorCount 36 ⓘ
hasFacadeMaterial brick ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
terra cotta ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance example of early 20th-century New York skyscraper race ⓘ
height 283 m ⓘ
927 ft ⓘ
locatedIn Financial District, Manhattan ⓘ
linked to: Lower Manhattan

Manhattan ⓘ
New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOn Wall Street ⓘ
neighborhood Financial District ⓘ
openingDate May 1930 ⓘ
originalOwner Bank of Manhattan Trust Company ⓘ
ownedBy The Trump Organization ⓘ
partOf Lower Manhattan skyline ⓘ
roofMaterial copper pyramid roof ⓘ
startDate 1928 ⓘ
streetAddress 40 Wall Street ⓘ
structuralEngineer H. G. Balcom ⓘ
toppedOut 1929 ⓘ
use commercial offices ⓘ
retail ⓘ
wasOnce one of the tallest buildings in the world ⓘ
tallest building in the world for a brief period ⓘ
yearCompleted 1930 ⓘ

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40 Wall Street → alsoKnownAs → Bank of Manhattan Trust Building ⓘ
The Trump Building → formerName → Bank of Manhattan Trust Building ⓘ
H. Craig Severance → notableWork → Bank of Manhattan Trust Building (40 Wall Street) ⓘ
linked to: Bank of Manhattan Trust Building