Skyscraper Rivals The AIG Building and the Architecture of Wall Street

by Willis, Carol; Willis, Carol; Abramson, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9781568982441
• ISBN10: 1568982445
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Summary

The soaring, ultra-masculine architecture of Wall Street is presented in an amazing array of contemporary and archival images accompanied by an informed discussion of the financial, geographical and historical forces that carved out this storied street.

Author Biography

Carol Willis is founding director of the Skyscraper Museum in New York City.

Daniel M. Abramson is an assistant professor of art history at Tufts University who has written extensively on another financial structure, John Soane's Bank of England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	x
Carol Willis
Introduction Wall Street's Architecture Before 1920	1	(15)
The Clients Wall Street in the 1920s Cities Service Henry L. Doherty Irving Trust City Bank Farmers Trust 40 Wall Street Finance and the Real Estate Market	16	(16)
The Architects Clinton & Russell, Holton & George Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker Cross & Cross Severance, Matsui, Smith, and Walker & Gillette Other Financial District Architects Education Skyscraper Challenges Professional Practice Tradition, Modernity, and Texture	32	(20)
Planning Massing Cities Service Building One Wall Street 40 Wall Street City Bank Farmers Trust Building Interior Planning The Office Unit	52	(20)
Construction Demolition, Excavation, Foundation Steel Frame Facade and Finish Management and Labor Magnitude	72	(10)
Technology Vertical Transportation Environmental Systems Communications Enclosure and Concealment	82	(12)
Exterior Expression Literal Tradition Tradition Abridged 40 Wall Street: Hybrid Heights City Bank Farmers Trust: ``Conservative Modern'' Art Deco One Wall Street: Rhythm and Remedy Cities Service Building: Vertical Aspiration Modernist Restraint and Volume	94	(26)
Interior Distinction General and Partioned Offices Corporate Suites Executive Offices Board of Directors Rooms Executive Amenities Public Halls Irving Trust's Reception Room Lobbies Murals Observation Galleries	120	(32)
Skyscraper Lives ``City in a Tower'' Tenants ``Half a Million Penmen'' (And Women) Changing New York Skyscraper Debate Symbolizing New York ``You Are America!'' Beautiful Irony	152	(30)
Postscript	182	(7)
Notes	189	(7)
Bibliography	196	(5)
Index	201