Financial District in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The West Street Building
90 West Street
— Designated Landmark, New York City —
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
1. The West Street Building Marker
Completed in 1907, the West Street Building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert as a premier office skyscraper for the shipping and railroad industries. The building combines the classical tripartite configuration of base, shaft and capital, common on late nineteenth-century office buildings, with the twentieth–century romantic emphasis on verticality and decorative crowns. With its clustered piers, terra cotta cladding, and gothic detail, including griffin figures and a foliate cornice with gargoyles, the West Street Building serves as a precursor to Gilbert’s masterpiece, the Woolworth Building. On September 11th, 2001, the West Street Building was severely damaged by fire and falling debris from the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers. After extensive repairs, the building re-opened in 2005 as a residential apartment building.
2010
This property has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected 2010 by New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: 9/11 Attacks • Landmarks • Notable Buildings. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1852.
Location.
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. America's Response Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named America’s Response Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Koenig Sphere (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Anne Frank Tree (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Anne Frank Tree (about 300 feet away); First Responder Memorial Garden (about 400 feet away); 343 (about 500 feet away); FDNY Memorial Wall (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
Also see . . .
1. Cass Gilbert Society: The West Street Building. (Submitted on September 18, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Cass Gilbert's 1907 West Street Building -- No. 90 West St. "Daytonian in Manhattan" entry. (Submitted on April 13, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Additional keywords. 9/11 Memorial Visitors Center
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
2. The West Street Building Marker
At lower right, between the third and fourth doorways from the right.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
3. The West Street Building
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
4. The West Street Building: main (residential) entrance
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 7, 2017
5. One World Trade Center beyond West Street Building front
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
6. Display inside the building's 9/11 Memorial Visitors Center
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
7. Display inside the building's 9/11 Memorial Visitors Center
Photographed By Grace C. Miller, September 15, 2012
8. The "Survivor Tree" - north of Liberty Street on the World Trade Center Memorial site
Photographed By Grace C. Miller, September 15, 2012
9. 9/11 Memorial Pool on the site of "WTC 1", the North Tower
Photographed By Grace C. Miller, September 15, 2012
10. 9/11 Memorial Pool on the site of "WTC 2" the South Tower
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, September 15, 2012
11. One World Trade Center
Soon to be the tallest building in North America, at the northwest corner of the memorial site behind the low-rise white pavilion - entrance to the subterranean 9/11 Memorial Museum.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 779 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on April 21, 2013, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 18, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on September 22, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 5. submitted on March 7, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 6, 7. submitted on September 18, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on September 23, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
