Per AIA Guide 40 Wall (aka Bank of Manhattan Company) was completed in 1929. The ground floor was remodeled in 1963. David Minor >Jerry Tobin, Jim Maguire, NYHISTers & NYC-Rootsers, > > >In my earlier posting concerning the first skyscraper, I forgot to include >its date. > >The Tower Building located at 50 Broadway was completed in 1889 and it lasted >only until 1914. The Tower Building was 11 stories. It was developed and >owned by John Noble Stearns, a silk importer. The architect was Bradford Lee >Gilbert. > >There are two pictures of the Tower Building (1890 and 1900) accompanying a >New York TIME's article (Page 7, Real Estate Section, Sunday, May 5, 1996) >describing the building and the issues that had to be overcome in building it > >At the moment, I do not know when 40 Wall Street, the tallest skyscraper >immediately prior to the Empire State Building was completed. > >A good resource (recommended by Christopher Gray, the TIMES architectural >historian) is "Rise of the New York Skyscraper" by Bradford Landau and Carl >W. Condit (Yale University Press, $50). > > >Regards, > >Walter Greenspan David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 716 264-0423 [log in to unmask] To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts, as well as news of updates to my homepage, e-mail me at the address above. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1990 AD. "I would undertake to supply your demands if your generosity is equal to them." -John Bartram, U. S. naturalist