Current Status: Completed
40 Wall Street Vital Stats
Address: 40 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 (Community Board 1)
Type: Commercial
Name: 40 Wall Street; The Trump Building; Bank of Manhattan
Construction: Begun 1929; Completed 1930
Design Architect: H. Craig Severance
Executive Architect: _
Developer: Bank of Manhattan Trust
Builder: _
Height: 927 feet (283 meters); 72 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 1,061,286 square feet; 98,597 square meters
Site Area: 34,360 square feet; 3,192 square meters
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Superlatives: Stood as the world’s tallest building from April, 1930 to May 27th, 1930.
Loopholes Exploited:
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City Council Statement on Mechanical Voids
"The officials highlighted developer tactics such as excessive use of “void spaces” — unoccupied floors intended for mechanical equipment — in order to create extraordinarily tall buildings and circumvent the intent of the Zoning Resolution." The Council of the City...
Addressing the Voids
LANDMARK WEST! Executive Director was featured in an article in CRAINS NY (linked) alongside colleague Rachel Levy from FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts. Since both neighborhoods have similar zoning districts, they are both experiencing some of the...
The Facts of 36 West 66th Street
2018 ended in a flurry, and LANDMARK WEST! met the deadline to file a Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) challenge against 36 West 66th Street (the tower replacing the Jewish Guild for the Blind and Congregation Habonim's synagogue). 2019 begins with the...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
