City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building

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Information
City Bank Farmers Trust Company Building
Location	New York, New York USA
Status	Complete
Constructed	1930-1931
Height
Antenna/Spire	741 feet (225.8 m)
Technical Details
Floor count	59
Companies
Architect	Cross and Cross
Contractor	George A. Fuller Company

City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building, New York is a 59 floor Art Deco building in New York City. It was built between 1930-1931, for the newly merged National City Bank of New York and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, a predecessor firm of Citigroup. It remained the company's headquarters until 1956 and was ultimately sold in 1979.

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View of the Tower Top

The building was designed by the architectural firm of Cross and Cross. Although Cross and Cross described the building as having no particular architectural style, it was described at the time is being in the style then known as "modern classic", with minimal art deco ornamentation. Originally designed in 1929 to be the world's tallest building at 846.4 feet, with a pyramidal top and a budget of $9,500,000 ^[1], Depression era realities resulted in a scaled back, 741 foot tall building, New York City's fourth tallest building at the time. Today, it is New York's 27th tallest building and the 6th tallest in downtown Manhattan.