One Exchange Plaza

 office building, skyscraper, 1984_construction

396-foot, 32-story postmodern office building completed in 1984. Designed by Fox & Fowle Architects, it is clad in light-brown brick with ribbons of dark-tinted glass. The ground floor is deeply recessed on all three elevations behind round brick-clad columns supporting the upper floors. Since the site slopes downward to the west, the Trinity Place side is actually double-height at the base, with a pair of escalators beneath the overhanging upper floors halfway down Exchange Alley leading up to the plaza level that fronts Broadway. The Trinity Place facade here mirrors that of 45 Broadway Atrium to the south (the properties were developed together, and originally intended to be linked - the tiny holdout buildings between prevented that). The 6-story base matches that of 45 Broadway Atrium, with the same columns, brick, glass, and double-height 2nd floor, with the interior columns visible behind the glass. The only real difference is the rounded northwest corner. Above, there is a deep setback, and the tower portion rises up with rounded corners on both sides.

On Broadway, the recessed ground floor is enclosed by a rounded glass curtain wall. Above, the tower rises vertically, with no setback, and the same rounded corners. The south elevation projects slightly behind the rounded corner, with a windowless facade of brick. Near the top, contrasting darker brown brickwork forms an geometric pattern. This section rises up above the rounded-corner sections to a taller mechanical penthouse level.