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Manhattan Life Insurance Building

Former skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

Field	Value
name	Manhattan Life Insurance Building
image	Manhattan Life Insurance Company Building New York City.jpg
image_size	225px
location	64–70 Broadway, 17–19 New Street
New York City, New York
coordinates
architectural_style	Beaux-Arts
highest_region	New York City
highest_prev	New York World Building
highest_next	Park Row Building
highest_start	1894
highest_end	1899
start_date	1893
completion_date	1894
status	Demolished
demolished_date	1963 or 1964
building_type	Commercial offices
roof	348 ft
floor_count	18
floor_area
architect	Kimball & Thompson
structural_engineer	Charles Sooysmith
references

New York City, New York

The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a 348 ft tower on Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.

History

The original structure at 64–66 Broadway was completed in 1894 to the designs of the architects of Kimball & Thompson, and was slightly extended north in 1904 to 68–70 Broadway. It was the first skyscraper to pass 100 m in Manhattan.

The building was sold at least twice. In 1926, the Manhattan Life Insurance Company sold the building to Frederick Brown, who then re-sold it to the Manufacturer's Trust Company a few weeks later. Then, in 1928, Central Union Trust Company, whose headquarters were in adjacent structures to the north, bought 70 Broadway for an undisclosed sum, although the building was assessed at that time at $4 million. Following the Central Union Trust Company's sale of the buildings to the north to the Irving Trust Company, which then built a new skyscraper at 1 Wall Street, Central Union Trust moved to the Manhattan Life Building and modified the structures at 60, 62, and 70 Broadway.

The building was demolished to make way for an annex to 1 Wall Street, completed in 1965. Sources vary about whether the year of demolition was 1963 or 1964.

References

106 m

References

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(February 18, 1928). "66 Broadway Sold; Long a Landmark; Central Union Trust Reported Buyer of Manhattan Life Insurance Building.". The New York Times.
(May 2, 1928). "News of Bankers and Banks". Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
(January 20, 1931). "Expansion of Bank Involves Alterations to Cost $100,000". The New York Times.
"Emporis building ID 102481". [[Emporis]].
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Korom, Joseph. (2008). "The American skyscraper, 1850-1940: a celebration of height". Branden Books.

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