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|name |
| name = 291 Broadway |
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| image = File:291 Broadway body.jpg |
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|location |
| location = 291 Broadway,<br>[[Manhattan]], [[New York City]] |
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|status |
| status = Complete |
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|start_date |
| start_date = 1910 |
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|completion_date |
| completion_date = 1911 |
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|building_type |
| building_type = Commercial |
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|roof |
| roof = {{convert|252.67|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
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|floor_count |
| floor_count = 19 |
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|elevator_count |
| elevator_count = 5 |
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|floor_area |
| floor_area = {{convert|132,800|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |
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|architect |
| architect = [[Clinton & Russell]]<ref name="WhiteWillensky2010">{{cite book|author1=Norval White|author2=Elliot Willensky|author3=Fran Leadon|title=AIA Guide to New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0gj61QSgk8C&pg=PA84|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977291-9|page=84}}</ref> |
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|developer |
| developer = Linpro New York Realty |
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|owner |
| owner = [[General Services Administration]] |
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'''291 Broadway''' |
'''291 Broadway''' (also known as the '''East River Savings Bank Building''') is a 19-story high-rise building located at 291 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and Reade Street in the [[TriBeCa]] neighborhood of [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. Designed by the architecture firm [[Clinton and Russell]], the building originally housed the former East River Savings Bank. |
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<ref name="WingateMeyer1911">"The East River Savings Building" in {{cite book|title=The Engineering Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eA1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA218|volume=63|year=1911|publisher=McGraw Publishing Company|pages=218–219}}</ref> |
<ref name="WingateMeyer1911">"The East River Savings Building" in {{cite book|title=The Engineering Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eA1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA218|volume=63|year=1911|publisher=McGraw Publishing Company|pages=218–219}}</ref> It served as the [[YMCA]] national headquarters from 1949 to 1980, and also housed the YMCA Historical Library during this time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lib.umn.edu/ymca/archives-history-mission |title=Kautz Family YMCA Archives |work=[[University of Minnesota]] |accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> The YMCA sold the building in 1980 when it decided to move the YMCA National Council to Chicago.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/22/realestate/realty-news.html "Realty News"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 22, 1981.</ref> |
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The building's design is inspired by [[Beaux-Arts architecture]] and [[Historism (art)|Historism]] style, and is clad in a light stone facade. Around the base of the building, carved columns and medallions add character, along with stone fencing along the roof. |
The building's design is inspired by [[Beaux-Arts architecture]] and [[Historism (art)|Historism]] style, and is clad in a light stone facade. Around the base of the building, carved columns and medallions add character, along with stone fencing along the roof. |
Revision as of 19:18, 14 December 2017
291 Broadway | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial |
Location | 291 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City |
Construction started | 1910 |
Completed | 1911 |
Owner | General Services Administration |
Height | |
Roof | 252.67 ft (77.01 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 19 |
Floor area | 132,800 sq ft (12,340 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 5 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Clinton & Russell[1] |
Developer | Linpro New York Realty |
291 Broadway (also known as the East River Savings Bank Building) is a 19-story high-rise building located at 291 Broadway and Reade Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by the architecture firm Clinton and Russell, the building originally housed the former East River Savings Bank. [2] It served as the YMCA national headquarters from 1949 to 1980, and also housed the YMCA Historical Library during this time.[3] The YMCA sold the building in 1980 when it decided to move the YMCA National Council to Chicago.[4]
The building's design is inspired by Beaux-Arts architecture and Historism style, and is clad in a light stone facade. Around the base of the building, carved columns and medallions add character, along with stone fencing along the roof.
References
- ^ Norval White; Elliot Willensky; Fran Leadon (2010). AIA Guide to New York City. Oxford University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-977291-9.
- ^ "The East River Savings Building" in The Engineering Record. Vol. 63. McGraw Publishing Company. 1911. pp. 218–219.
- ^ "Kautz Family YMCA Archives". University of Minnesota. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Realty News", The New York Times, February 22, 1981.