One Hundred Barclay Condominium (New York City, New York) | skyscraper, condominiums, interesting place, Art Deco (architecture), 1927_construction

 skyscraper, condominiums, interesting place, Art Deco (architecture), 1927_construction

499-foot, 32-story office building completed in 1926 for the New York Telephone Company. Designed by Ralph Walker of McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin with structural elements by Guastavino Fireproof Tile Co. and murals by Hugo R. B. Newman. Its interior was designed by Edgar I. Williams in collaboration with firm of Mack, Jenney & Tyler.

The building has a 52,000 square-foot base, with an 18-story tower pivoted in relation to this large base. Inspired by Saarinen's Chicago Tribune competition entry, the building is considered to be the first Art-Deco skyscraper and its designers were also awarded the Architectural League of New York's gold medal of honor for 1927 for fine expression of the new industrial age.

It is clad in buff-colored brick and limestone. Walker was inspired by Mayan architecture in designing the facade. Exterior ornamentation includes complex foliage, along with babies and animal heads as part of the design, and a bell (symbol of the telephone company) above the door. Arcades of segmental-arched openings line ground floor on the north and south facades. Slightly protruding piers express verticality. An arcade with a vaulted tiled ceiling runs the lower floor surrounding the entrance.

The facade was severely damage on 9/11, but due to the masonry and steel construction of this 1926 building, it was not structurally damaged. Originally built for the New York Telephone Company, it served as their headquarters. When NYNEX was formed as a result of the breakup of the original AT&T, the building became NYNEX's headquarters.

It became the headquarters of Bell Atlantic following Bell Atlantic's merger with NYNEX, and was retained as Verizon's headquarters after Verizon was formed from the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE until 2013, when Verizon sold the upper 21 floors of the building to developer Ben Shaoul to convert the upper floors into condominiums with interiors by Ismael Leyva Architects. The first floor interior is now a New York City designated landmark.

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