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USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / New York City, New York / Liberty Street, 200
 office building, skyscraper, 1985_construction, postmodern (architecture)
577-foot, 40-story postmodern office building completed in 1985. Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, 200 Liberty Street (formerly One World Financial Center) is connected to the rest of the Brookfield Place (formerly World Financial Center) complex by a skybridge over Liberty Street. It was completed in 1985.

200 Liberty Street has a 4-story lower base, with a glassy, green-tinted, outward-curving entry intersecting the straight lines of the walls. A 10-story octagonal wing on the north side is topped by a sloping copper roof. The skybridge over Liberty Street connects with the octagonal wing attached to 225 Liberty Street to the north. There is also a skybridge extending from this wing over West Street, connecting to the World Trade Center site.

The tower has cascading setbacks at varying floor levels of each facade. It is clad in tan-grey granite and square punched windows of blue-tinted glass. As the building rises and steps back, the windows grow larger at each level, increasing the ratio of glass to granite. It is crowned by a copper cut-pyramid roof.

The building is located across the street from the World Trade Center site and was significantly damaged in the September 11 attacks. The initial dust cloud and other explosions shattered many windows. It was closed for several months and reopened after restoration.

The building is now primarily occupied by the corporate offices of the Associated Press.

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Liberty_Street
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Coordinates:   40°42'38"N   74°0'56"W

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  • The World Financial Center is a complex of buildings across West Street from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan in New York City, overlooking the Hudson River. This complex is home to offices of major corporations including Merrill Lynch and American Express as well as Dow Jones and its Wall Street Journal division among others. The entire complex is owned by Brookfield Properties, except for the space occupied by American Express. Designed by César Pelli, with Adamson Associates, the complex was built by Olympia and York between 1985 and 1988 on landfill used to build Battery Park City. The fill material came from dirt excavated during the building of the World Trade Center, as well as garbage, dirt and debris. Portions of the complex, especially the Winter Garden, were severely damaged in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but have since been reopened after significant repairs.
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