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Manhattan Life Insurance Building
Le Manhattan Life Insurance Building fut construit dans l'arrondissement de Manhattan à New York d'après des plans de Kimball & Thompson et sous la direction de l'ingénieur Charles Sooysmith entre 1893 et 1894. Sa construction fut commandée par la Manhattan Life Insurance Company qui désirait construire un gratte-ciel qui pourrait surpasser ceux des concurrents. Cela explique le fait que le bâtiment culmine à 106 mètres, et comporte 18 étages ; il fut en conséquence le premier gratte-ciel à franchir la barre des 100 mètres, et le plus haut bâtiment de New York entre 1894 et 1899, en dépassant le New York World Building, avant d'être à son tour dépassé par le Park Row Building qui culminait à 119 mètres. Il fut démoli en 1963 ou 1964 - selon les sources. Le Manhattan Life Insurance Building fut en outre l'un des premiers buildings à utiliser un système de ventilation électrique pour le chauffage et la climatisation.
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Manhattan Life Insurance Building
The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a 348 ft (106 m) tower on Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.
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Wall Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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The Wall Street station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Construction of the tunnel around the Wall Street station was complicated by the shallow foundations of the nearby Trinity Church, as well as the need to avoid disrupting the street surface of Broadway. The station opened on June 12, 1905, as an extension of the original line. The station's platforms were lengthened in the late 1950s, and it was renovated in the 1970s and 2000s.
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Trinity Church (Manhattan)
Trinity Church is a historic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The church is located at 89 Broadway opposite Wall Street, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Known for its centuries of history, prominent location, distinguished architecture and bountiful endowment, Trinity's congregation is said to be "high church", its activities based on the traditions of the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion in missionary outreach, and fellowship. In addition to its main church, Trinity parish maintains two chapels: St. Paul's Chapel, also in Lower Manhattan, and the Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion on Governors Island. The Church of the Intercession, the Trinity Chapel Complex and many other of Manhattan's Episcopal congregations were once part of Trinity parish. Columbia University was founded on the church's grounds as King's College in 1754.
The current church building is the third to be constructed for the parish, and was designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style. Trinity's first church was a single-story rectangular structure with tall steeple facing the Hudson River, which was constructed in 1698 and destroyed in the Great New York City Fire of 1776. After using St. Paul's Chapel, the parish's second church was built in the present location facing Wall Street and was consecrated in 1790. The third and current church was erected from 1839 to 1846 and was the tallest building in the United States until 1869, as well as the tallest in New York City until 1890. In 1876–1877 a reredos and altar were erected in memory of William Backhouse Astor Sr., to the designs of architect Frederick Clarke Withers, who extended the rear.
The church is adjacent to the Trinity Churchyard, a burial ground, one of three used by the parish. Besides its church and two chapels, Trinity manages real estate properties with a combined worth of over $6 billion as of 2019. Trinity's main church building is a National Historic Landmark as well as a New York City designated landmark. It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, a NRHP district created in 2007.