The Municipal Building, was finished in 1914 by William K Kendall and KcKim, Mead & White with 40 floors and 33 elevators cost $9.000.000.
The Christler Building, 319 meters, by William Van Alen opened in 1931, eleven months before than the Empire State Building, by Shrere, Lamb & Haron, with 102 floors, 443 meters.
In 1931 other important new building was 20 Exchange Place, The Farmers Bank, by Cross & Cross with 59 floors.
The Freedom Tower or One Trade Center (2006-2014), is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth tallest in the world. It has been the tallest in NYC since April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building. Its spire makes the building to reach a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541 m), the year of the US Declaration of Independence.
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| Woolworth Building and Freedom Tower from the Municipal Building, photo by Berta de Miguel |
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| Municipal Building from One Financial Square, photo by Berta de Miguel |
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| Empire State from the Christler Building, photo by Berta de Miguel |
