40 Wall Street

Quick Facts

City	New York
Country	USA
Year	1930
Height	281,9m / 925ft
Floors	72
Surface	120.774m2 / 1,300,000sq ft

Realisation

Architect	H. Craig Severance & Yasuo Matsui Shreve & Lamb
Engineers	Starrett Bros. & Eken
Developer	Bank of Manhattan Trust Company

Building Info

Name	40 Wall Street
Category	Office Building
Alias	Trump building Bank of Manhattan Trust building
Materials	steel structure limestone
Address	40 Wall Street, between William & Nassau streets

Notes

Originally the headquarters of the bank of Manhattan
Renovated in 1996 by Donald Trump
Tallest building in the world for a brief period in 1930
Also known as The Crown Jewel of Wall Street or as the Trump building
In the fog, the building was hit by a US Coast Guard plane in 1946, killing four people.

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