Broadway Chambers Building

Broadway Chambers Building
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General information
Address 277 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10007-2002
Technical details
Floor count 18
Design and construction
Landlord Feldman Realty Group
Main contractor George A. Fuller Company
Architect Cass Gilbert
Structural engineer Purdy and Henderson
Website
http://www.feldmanrealty.com/277.html

The Broadway Chambers building (277 Broadway, New York City) is an office building designed by architect Cass Gilbert and built in 1900.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Gilbert was a famous architect, responsible for many impressive buildings such as the Woolworth Building, but Broadway Chambers was his first New York project. Situated on the northwest corner of Chambers Street and Broadway in downtown Manhattan, it is an 18-story commercial office building with retail on the ground floor now owned by Feldman Realty Group. The New York Times considers that with this building it "Gilbert refined the proportions between these elements and articulated them by using different materials for each: stone base, brick shaft, terra cotta crown. The brickwork, red flecked with blue, is especially fine. In contrast with the light-colored stone and terra cotta, it gives an almost colonial feel to an otherwise classically conceived structure. Garlands, cornucopias and a polychrome penthouse arcade garnish the composition." [1]

On the Broadway-Chambers building's completion in 1900, the critic Montgomery Schuyler praised it as the finest skyscraper in town.[1] Several companies collaborated to create an exhibit about the construction of the building at the Paris Exposition of 1900.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Herbert Muschamp, "Cass Gilbert And the City Eclectic " New York Times October 9, 1998
  2. ^ "Cass Gilbert - the Architect - Buildings - Broadway Chambers Building, New York City". Cass Gilbert Society. http://www.cassgilbertsociety.org/architect/buildings/nyc-broadway-chambers.html. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  3. ^ "New York Architecture Images - Broadway-Chambers Building". Nyc-architecture.com. http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SOH/SOH028.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  4. ^ "Broadway Chambers Building, New York City". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5345. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  5. ^ Emporis GmbH. "Broadway Chambers Building, New York City, U.S.A.". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=114264&lng=3. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  6. ^ Fenske, Gail (2008). The skyscraper and the city: the Woolworth Building and the making of modern New York. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780226241418. http://books.google.com/books?id=pztaI-C0Ck8C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22Broadway+Chambers+building%22&source=bl&ots=c3wpEQRE7M&sig=5m7Qcd8bxtUM4Tc36p1I1UlqQnA&hl=en&ei=zOlwS6LOGc7e8QaT28i_Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCYQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=%22Broadway%20Chambers%20building%22&f=false. 
  7. ^ George A. Fuller Company (1900). Broadway Chambers; a modern office building, exhibited by models at the Paris exposition, 1900.. New York: G. A. Fuller co.. pp. 61. LCCN 00-005410. 
  8. ^ New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission. (1992). Broadway Chambers Building, 273-277 Broadway, Manhattan : built 1899-1900 ; Cass Gilbert, architect. Landmarks Preservation Commission, January 14, 1992 ; Designation List 241 LP-1753. Public hearing, December 12, 1989.. New York, New York: New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission.. pp. 14. OCLC 29840689. 
  9. ^ A.C. Baker, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy (June 17, 1900). "Civil Engineering and Transportation". The New York Times: p. 19. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9402EEDF163FE433A25754C1A9609C946197D6CF. Retrieved 2010-02-09. "This is a collective exhibit, participated in by twenty-six firms, and illustrates the construction of the Broadway Chambers Building. New York." 

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