Broadway–Chambers Building

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Beaux-Arts building commercial building office building skyscraper

The Broadway–Chambers Building is an early 20th-century New York City skyscraper renowned for its Beaux-Arts design by architect Cass Gilbert.

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Label Occurrences
Broadway–Chambers Building canonical 2
Broadway–Chambers Building Company 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Beaux-Arts building ⓘ
commercial building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
architecturalMovement Beaux-Arts ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
associatedArchitect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
completionDate 1900 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1899 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossStreet Chambers Street ⓘ
developer Broadway–Chambers Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Broadway–Chambers Building Company
era early 20th century ⓘ
facadeMaterial brick ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
terra cotta ⓘ
floorCount 18 ⓘ
hasFeature corner entrance ⓘ
decorative spandrel panels ⓘ
large ground-floor storefronts ⓘ
ornamental cornice ⓘ
rusticated base ⓘ
setback upper stories ⓘ
height approximately 190 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus New York City Landmark ⓘ
landmarkDesignationBy New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ
landmarkDesignationReason architectural significance ⓘ
association with architect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
location Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan, New York City

New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York, United States
neighborhood Tribeca ⓘ
notableFor Beaux-Arts ornamentation ⓘ
corner site at Broadway and Chambers Street ⓘ
early use of polychromatic glazed terra cotta ⓘ
openingDate 1900 ⓘ
originalFunction speculative office building ⓘ
partOf Lower Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Lower Manhattan skyline
significance early major New York commission for Cass Gilbert ⓘ
example of early skyscraper cladding in terra cotta ⓘ
streetAddress 277 Broadway ⓘ
structuralSystem steel frame ⓘ
use office ⓘ
retail ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cass Gilbert → notableWork → Broadway–Chambers Building ⓘ
Cass Gilbert → designed → Broadway–Chambers Building ⓘ
Broadway–Chambers Building → developer → Broadway–Chambers Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broadway–Chambers Building Company