American Express Building (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
Hoboken /
New York City, New York /
Broadway, 65
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Hoboken
World / United States / New York
office building, 1917_construction
277-foot, 21-story neo-Classical office building completed in 1917 for the American Railway Express Company. Designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker, it is H-shaped in plan, with tall wings flanking central light courts. Both facades are faced in white brick and terra-cotta, with a granite base. Both faces are also organized in a tripartite "base-shaft-capital" arrangement, with a colonnaded base and a colonnaded top.
The Broadway entrance is through a double-height Corinthian colonnade with large round-arched windows, with bronze framing including colonnettes and entablature with the carved words "AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY". On Trinity Place, the granite basement level has three wide bays, with an entrance at the north corner as well as loading bays. Pilaster capitals and cornice are of terra-cotta.
The building's midsection, 15-stories tall on Broadway, 16 stories on Trinity Place, is clad in white brick, and its wings are framed vertically by continuous pilasters. The top section of each facade, comprising three floors, has a double-height colonnade whose center part is a screen bridging the area between the two wings - it is supported by a coffered arch with a large eagle. There is a balustraded parapet at the roof line.
The building was renovated in 1967. In 1977, the central cartouche over the main entrance was replaced by a bronze eagle. Alterations were later made by Carl A. Petrilli in 1979. This building has also been known as the Standard & Poors building. The ground floor shares the lobby with Variety Cafe.
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The Broadway entrance is through a double-height Corinthian colonnade with large round-arched windows, with bronze framing including colonnettes and entablature with the carved words "AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY". On Trinity Place, the granite basement level has three wide bays, with an entrance at the north corner as well as loading bays. Pilaster capitals and cornice are of terra-cotta.
The building's midsection, 15-stories tall on Broadway, 16 stories on Trinity Place, is clad in white brick, and its wings are framed vertically by continuous pilasters. The top section of each facade, comprising three floors, has a double-height colonnade whose center part is a screen bridging the area between the two wings - it is supported by a coffered arch with a large eagle. There is a balustraded parapet at the roof line.
The building was renovated in 1967. In 1977, the central cartouche over the main entrance was replaced by a bronze eagle. Alterations were later made by Carl A. Petrilli in 1979. This building has also been known as the Standard & Poors building. The ground floor shares the lobby with Variety Cafe.
www.beyondthegildedage.com/2012/02/american-express-com...
hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101082993161?urlappend=%3Bseq...
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Coordinates: 40°42'26"N 74°0'45"W
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