120 Broadway
the Equitable Building

 

120 Broadway the Equitable Building Status: Damaged but stable, repairs/cleaning required.*

Equitable Building (offices), 120 Broadway, bet. Pine and Cedar Sts. E side to Nassau St. 1913-1915. Ernest R. Graham & Associates. (of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, successors to D. H. Burnham & Co.). Restoration, 1983-1990. Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Whitelaw.

Glorious and "immense volume" is an understatement.

Measuring "1.2 million square feet of floor area on a plot of just under an acre, or a floor area of almost 30 time the site's area…. it exploited the site as no building has before."

"The hue and cry after Equitable's completion led to the adoption of the nation's first comprehensive zoning resolution, in 1916."

Source: A.I.A Guide To New York City, 4th ed.

Image Obtained from Emergency Management Online Locator System - Transportation and Public Access
Emergency Management Online Locator System - Transportation and Public Access

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