17 State Street

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

17 State Street is a 42-story building in the Financial District of Manhattan. Completed in 1988, the building rises to 542 ft (165 m) ^[1]. It was designed by Emery Roth and Sons, and it is most noted for its distinct curved facade.

The bottom floors of the skyscraper are home to New York Unearthed, an urban archaeology museum with approximately two million artifacts from local excavation sites^[2]. The museum was originally included as a concession to the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, who had been unable to perform an archaeological survey of the site before construction began. They believed that the lot had contained artifacts from the early 18th century, although a lawyer for the construction firm claimed to be "absolutely certain that no archeological material was lost" ^[3].

[edit] Miscellaneous

The offices of Georgeson Shareholder on the 28th floor of the building have a webcam that is fixed on the Statue of Liberty. http://www.libertycam.com/
Opera Solutions, a management consulting firm with offices in New York, London, Paris, Shanghai and New Delhi, is going to take up office space on the 28th floor.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 17 State Street, NYC. Retrieved 10 September 2006.
2. ^ South Street Seaport Museum. Retrieved 10 September 2006.
3. ^ State Street Penitent; A Taste of the Past to Emend a Builder's Blunder. Retrieved 10 September 2006.

[edit] Further reading

• COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: Security Systems; The New Watchmen: TV Monitors and Computers New York Times article
• COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: Empty Offices; Pegging Rents High, and Waiting for 'Right Tenants' New York Times article
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 40.702795° -74.014120°
  • Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
  • Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth