40 Wall Street

40 Wall Street (also the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and Manhattan Company Building) is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Erected in 1929–1930 as the headquarters of the Manhattan Company, the building was designed by H. Craig Severance with Yasuo Matsui and Shreve & Lamb. The building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); it is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, an NRHP district. The building is on an L-shaped site. While the lower section has a facade of limestone, the upper stories incorporate a buff-colored brick facade and contain numerous setbacks. The facade also includes spandrels between the windows on each story, which are recessed behind the vertical piers on the facade. At the top of the building is a pyramid with a spire at its pinnacle. Inside, the lower floors contained the Manhattan Company's double-height banking room, a board room, a trading floor, and two basements with vaults. The remaining stories were rented to tenants; there were private clubs on several floors, as well as an observation deck on the 69th and 70th floors. Plans for 40 Wall Street were revealed in April 1929, with the Manhattan Company as the primary tenant, and the structure was opened on May 26, 1930. 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building competed for the distinction of world's tallest building at the time of both buildings' construction; the Chrysler Building ultimately won that title. 40 Wall Street initially had low tenancy rates due to the Great Depression and was not fully occupied until 1944. Ownership of the building and the land underneath it, as well as the leasehold on the building, has changed several times throughout its history. Since 1982, the building has been owned by two German companies. The leasehold was held by interests on behalf of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the mid-1980s. A company controlled by developer and later U.S. president Donald Trump bought the lease in 1995.

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40 Wall Street

40 Wall Street, ou Trump Building (à l'origine le Bank of Manhattan Trust Building ou Manhattan Company Building), est un gratte-ciel de 71 étages et de 283 mètres de haut situé dans l'arrondissement de Manhattan, à New York. Conçu par H. Craig Severance et Yasuo Matsui (en), il a été construit entre 1929 et 1930, en 11 mois. Son appellation « Trump Building » vient de son propriétaire actuel, Donald Trump (via la Trump Organization), qui l'a rénové en 1996. Le 40 Wall Street fut pendant deux mois l'immeuble le plus haut du monde, jusqu'à l'achèvement du Chrysler Building.

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Grand Incendie de New York de 1835

Le Grand Incendie de New York de 1835 est un sinistre ayant détruit la Bourse de New York et la plupart des bâtiments de la pointe sud de Manhattan près de Wall Street les 16 et 17 décembre 1835.

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Attentat de Wall Street

L'attentat de Wall Street a lieu le 16 septembre 1920, quelques mois après l'arrestation de Nicola Sacco et Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Un chariot garé au carrefour de Wall Street et Broad Street explose devant le siège de la banque J.P. Morgan & Co. situé au 23 Wall Street.

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Federal Hall National Memorial

Conçu par Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, le Federal Hall, situé au 26, Wall Street a été l'emplacement du premier hôtel-de-ville de New York et du premier Capitole des États-Unis. Le bâtiment d'origine a été détruit en 1812 et remplacé par la structure actuelle, le premier bureau des douanes de New York. Le bâtiment appartient maintenant au National Park Service sous le nom de Federal Hall National Memorial, un musée qui célèbre le souvenir du bâtiment précédent. Il est inscrit sur le Registre national des lieux historiques. Federal Hall est, avec le National City Bank Building, le plus ancien immeuble de Wall Street. Une statue de George Washington de 1882 du sculpteur John Quincy Adams Ward devant l'entrée rappelle que c'est là que le premier président américain prononça son serment d'investiture en 1789. Son architecture de style Greek Revival contraste avec les gratte-ciel environnants.

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37 Wall Street

37 Wall Street est un immeuble d'appartements de luxe situé à Wall Street, au cœur du quartier financier du Lower Manhattan, à New York.

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