Current Status: Completed
One Chase Manhattan Plaza Vital Stats
Address: 28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005 (Community Board 1)
Type: Commercial
Name: One Chase Manhattan Plaza; Chase Manhattan Bank Building; 28 Liberty
Construction: Begun 1957; Completed 1963
Design Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Executive Architect: _
Developer: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Builder: Turner Construction Company
Height: 813 feet (248 meters); 65 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 2,299,979 square feet; 213,675 square meters
Site Area: 112,555 square feet; 10,457 square meters
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
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City Council Statement on Mechanical Voids
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The Facts of 36 West 66th Street
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Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
