Citigroup Global Headquarters (New York City, New York)

 office building, skyscraper, 1988_construction, postmodern (architecture)

496-foot, 38-story postmodern office building completed in 1988. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, it was originally called the Shearson Lehman Plaza, after the primary tenant at the time, and more recently has been renamed the Travelers Building. The building is clad in light-colored granite on its north and side facades, with blue glass curtain walls on its east and west exposures, which terminate it pointed, triangular rooflines.

388 Greenwich Street forms a complex with neighboring 10-story 390 Greenwich Street near the Hudson River. Currently, the two buildings comprise the headquarters of the corporate and investment banking arm of financial services corporation Citigroup. 388 Greenwich stands about ten blocks north of the World Trade Center site and is among the tallest in TriBeCa. In 1997, a 50-foot red neon Travelers umbrella logo was mounted on the top of the north-facing side. It was removed in he summer of 2007, as part of a deal between Citigroup and St. Paul Travelers Companies which acquired the logo.

Like many other office buildings in Manhattan, it contains in addition to office space, a fitness center, full-service dining facilities, a medical center, a conference center, a day care center, and an outdoor park. The building is one of the few in New York to utilize double-deck elevators.

It is now the headquarters of Citigroup. In 2018, the building was reclad by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with a new lobby by Gensler.

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