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The '''Manhattan Life Insurance Building''' was a {{convert|348|ft|abbr=on}} tower on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. | The '''Manhattan Life Insurance Building''' was a {{convert|348|ft|abbr=on}} tower on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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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 [[Manufacturers Hanover Corporation|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/02/18/archives/66-broadway-sold-long-a-landmark-central-union-trust-reported-buyer.html|title=66 Broadway Sold; Long a Landmark; Central Union Trust Reported Buyer of Manhattan Life Insurance Building.|date=February 18, 1928|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Following the Central Union Trust Company's sale of the buildings to the north to the [[Irving Trust|Irving Trust Company]], which then built a new skyscraper at [[1 Wall Street]], Central Union Trust moved to the Manhattan Life Building<ref name="bde19280502">{{Cite news|date=May 2, 1928|title=News of Bankers and Banks|language=en|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/19689774/news_of_bankers_and_banks/|access-date=April 30, 2018|via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com {{open access}}}}</ref> and modified the structures at 60, 62, and 70 Broadway.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 20, 1931|title=Expansion of Bank Involves Alterations to Cost $100,000|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/20/archives/expansion-of-bank-involves-alterations-to-cost-100000.html|access-date=June 4, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | 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 [[Manufacturers Hanover Corporation|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/02/18/archives/66-broadway-sold-long-a-landmark-central-union-trust-reported-buyer.html|title=66 Broadway Sold; Long a Landmark; Central Union Trust Reported Buyer of Manhattan Life Insurance Building.|date=February 18, 1928|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Following the Central Union Trust Company's sale of the buildings to the north to the [[Irving Trust|Irving Trust Company]], which then built a new skyscraper at [[1 Wall Street]], Central Union Trust moved to the Manhattan Life Building<ref name="bde19280502">{{Cite news|date=May 2, 1928|title=News of Bankers and Banks|language=en|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/19689774/news_of_bankers_and_banks/|access-date=April 30, 2018|via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com {{open access}}}}</ref> and modified the structures at 60, 62, and 70 Broadway.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 20, 1931|title=Expansion of Bank Involves Alterations to Cost $100,000|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/20/archives/expansion-of-bank-involves-alterations-to-cost-100000.html|access-date=June 4, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref name="emporis">{{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/102481/manhattan-life-insurance-building-new-york-city-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108225320/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/102481/manhattan-life-insurance-building-new-york-city-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2016-01-08 |title=Emporis building ID 102481 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref name="structurae">{{Structurae|20007988}}</ref><ref name="Korom">{{cite book|last=Korom|first=Joseph|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JVzYO1TyZ6AC|title=The American skyscraper, 1850-1940: a celebration of height|publisher=Branden Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8283-2188-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JVzYO1TyZ6AC/page/n198 199]}} ''"In 1936, the Manhattan Life Insurance Company relocated its offices to One-Hundred-Twenty West 57th Street in midtown Manhattan. Then, catastrophe arrived when the building was only 69 years old; in a 1963 act of utter desecration, the Manhattan Life Insurance Building was demolished."''</ref> | 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.<ref name="emporis">{{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/102481/manhattan-life-insurance-building-new-york-city-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108225320/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/102481/manhattan-life-insurance-building-new-york-city-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2016-01-08 |title=Emporis building ID 102481 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref name="structurae">{{Structurae|20007988}}</ref><ref name="Korom">{{cite book|last=Korom|first=Joseph|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JVzYO1TyZ6AC|title=The American skyscraper, 1850-1940: a celebration of height|publisher=Branden Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8283-2188-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JVzYO1TyZ6AC/page/n198 199]}} ''"In 1936, the Manhattan Life Insurance Company relocated its offices to One-Hundred-Twenty West 57th Street in midtown Manhattan. Then, catastrophe arrived when the building was only 69 years old; in a 1963 act of utter desecration, the Manhattan Life Insurance Building was demolished."''</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:36, 15 September 2025
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The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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.[1] 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[2] and modified the structures at 60, 62, and 70 Broadway.[3]
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.[4][5][6]
See also
References
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