Cunard Building (New York City)

Cunard Building

Alternative names	Standard & Poors Building
General information
Type	Office
Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance
Address	25 Broadway
Town or city	Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°42′21″N 74°00′50″W / 40.705783°N 74.013978°W / 40.705783; -74.013978
Construction started	1920
Completed	1921
Height	254.74 feet (77.64 m)
Technical details
Floor count	23
Design and construction
Architect	Benjamin Wistar Morris III
Architecture firm	Carrère & Hastings

New York City Landmark
Designated	19 September 1995
Reference no.	LP-1928


References
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The Cunard Building, also known as the Standard & Poors Building, is located at 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan's Financial District. It opened as a 22 story office building on May 2, 1921, and its first floor interior was designated a New York City landmark in September 1995. Its ticketing hall is currently operated by Cipriani S.A. as an event space.

History

Lobby of the Cunard Building.

The building was designed between 1917 and 1919 and built between 1920 and 1921 by Benjamin Wistar Morris, architect, and Carrère & Hastings, in a consulting role. While the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House already dominated Bowling Green, the Cunard Building was held in high regard almost immediately upon its opening in May 1921.^[3] It featured more than 600,000 sq. feet of space in a modified Italian Renaissance style. Its great hall, which itself was more than sixty feet tall, was the home of Cunard Line and Anchor Lines with a number of other tenants throughout the building.^[4] While 25 Broadway is considered to be its primary address, it's also known as 13-27 Broadway, 13-39 Greenwich Street and 1-9 Morris Street. Within the borough of Manhattan it is designated Block 13, Lot 27.^[5]

Its time as a ticketing hall ceased in 1968 and the building was sold in 1971. Its interior was converted to a post office, which remained in service until 2000.^[6] On September 19, 1995, the first floor interior, formerly Cunard's ticketing office, was designated a New York City landmark. The designation included the entrance vestibule and lobby, the passage to the Great Hall and the Hall up to the height of its rotunda. ^[5]

In 2014 the Great Hall became an event venue operated by Cipriani S.A.^[7]

References

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↑ "Standard & Poors Building". Emporis. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
↑ "CUNARD BUILDING" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
↑ Comstock, William P. (August 1921). "The Cunard Building, New York". Architecture and Building. New York, NY: The William T. Comstock Company. Retrieved 30 Oct 2015.
↑ "NEW CUNARD BUILDING; Imposing Office Structure at 25 Broadway Opens Its Doors Tomorrow--Striking Architectural Features". New York Times. 1921-05-01. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
1 2 "CUNARD BUILDING, FIRST FLOOR INTERIOR" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission.
↑ "Cunard Building". LMCC. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
↑ "Cipriani 25 Broadway". Cipriani USA, Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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Coordinates: 40°42′21″N 74°00′50″W / 40.705783°N 74.013978°W / 40.705783; -74.013978

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