110 William Street (New York City, New York)

420-foot, 32-story International-style office building completed in 1958. Designed by Sylvan & Robert Bien, it is principally a New York City Administration office building used for multi-agency occupation. The east, south, and west-facing elevations have curtain walls of silver metal and glass, while the north-facing elevation is clad in beige brick, divided into bays of three windows (four windows in the far eastern bay).

The ground floor is clad in polished black granite, with a 3-story main entrance on William Street also framed in polished black granite. Within this stone frame are two levels of pale green-tinted translucent glass with the numbers 110, and a recessed entryway with metal framed doors. There is a secondary entrance on John Street, as well as more storefronts, and a parking garage entrance at the far eastern end. The metal spandrel panels on the facades are lined with vertical grooves.

There are numerous minor setbacks on the outer portions of both the east and south facades above the 10th floor. The sections nearest the intersection of William and John Street rise straight up for 20 floors before ending in a flat roof. The north and east wings continue to rise in an L-shape, with more narrow setbacks to a tall, concrete mechanical penthouse on top. The ground floor is occupied by NYC.gov Workforce1, Chickpea restaurant, an HSBC Bank branch, and FedEx Office.

Categories: office building, administrative building, skyscraper, 1958_construction, International style architecture