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Former 60 Wall Street (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / New York City, New York
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The Company International Banking Corporation, later known as the Sixty Wall Street Company, in 1905, built a skyscraper in New York, which is now virtually forgotten, although it boasted a height of 107 meters(351 feet), one of the tallest buildings in the world at the time. The main section of the building was 26 floors tall while a southern wing, which gave the building it's wall street address, only climbed to 14 stories.

One of the earliest tenants was from 1906 by Henry L. Doherty, founder of the Cities Service Company. His company bought the property in 1924 and three years later, unveiled a plan to rebuild a significantly larger building on the lot, but he was denied. Doherty therefore bought some land across the street and in 1932, the Cities Services (or AIG) Building was completed. There was a sky bridge that connected the aforementioned building to this one on the 16th floor of this building. The new building was renamed 60 wall street, although this name has long since been forgotten in favor of 70 Pine street.

The original building from 1905 was demolished in 1975, including the connecting sky bridge. Construction of a new skyscraper was planned, but due to the crisis and a slump in property prices in lower Manhattan, construction halted. The large plot was left empty for nearly a decade but meanwhile served as a parking lot. Only in 1986 did construction of a new building of the same name begin.
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Coordinates:   40°42'22"N   74°0'29"W
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