American Stock Exchange Building (New York City, New York)

 office building, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, stock exchange, Art Deco (architecture), 1921_construction

16-story Art-Deco office building completed in 1921 for the American Stock Exchange. Designed by Starrett & Van Vleck, who also designed a new facade on Greenwich that was installed in 1931. The organization was originally called the New York Curb Exchange; the name changed to American Stock Exchange in 1953. The exchange closed in 2009, having been acquired by NYSE Euronext, after which the building was vacated.

The limestone-clad Trinity Place facade sits on a water table of polished grey granite, and has five large windows at the 2nd-5th-floor levels (the main trading floor) -- each with a low stone balustrade and keystone -- flanked by perforated rectangular metal panels incorporating images of the types of financial activity represented by the exchange. Above the grouping, letters spell out "AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE".

Above the tall windows that brought light into the trading hall are four wide uninterrupted fluted piers. Each limestone pier alternates with a pair of windows. While the piers are relatively flush with the surface of the facade, at the level of the setback these elements become somewhat more sculptural and angular, suggesting tower-like pyramidal forms. Furthermore, near the top of the facade, where capitals are typically found, the architects inserted unusual Y-shaped, recessed channels.

The older and shorter Renaissance-revival facade on Greenwich Street is clad in tan brick, with a polished grey granite water table. It has small, widely-spaced windows on the 2nd floor. Above are five triple-height round-arched openings filled with multi-paned glass., above which is a stone panel reading "NEW YORK CURB MARKET". On either side is a smaller rectangular windows with a circular window above. There is additionally a 2-bay section with pairs of regular rectangular windows on each floor. Above a stone cornice, the entire top floor has paired, square-headed windows.

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