City Investing Building
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The City Investing Building was a massive early 20th-century office skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that once stood in New York’s financial district before being demolished and replaced by One Liberty Plaza.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demolished building
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office skyscraper ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early skyscraper ⓘ |
| associatedWith | development of early skyscraper engineering in New York City ⓘ |
| buildingType |
high-rise office building
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skyscraper ⓘ |
| category |
Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
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Financial District, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ Former skyscrapers ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan ⓘ |
| constructionEra | pre–World War I skyscraper era ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| demolishedFor | One Liberty Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demolitionResultedIn | clearing of site for modern steel-and-glass tower ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
example of early 20th-century tall office building in New York
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part of the development of Lower Manhattan as a financial center ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorBuildingFunction | One Liberty Plaza as office skyscraper ⓘ |
| locatedInBusinessDistrict | Wall Street area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInEconomicRegion | New York financial district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Manhattan
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheNeighborhood | Financial District, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cortlandt Street
NERFINISHED
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Trinity Church NERFINISHED ⓘ World Trade Center site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Lower Manhattan
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ New York County NERFINISHED ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | City Investing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York City financial district
NERFINISHED
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skyline of Lower Manhattan (historical) ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | commercial offices ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | near the intersection of Broadway and Cortlandt Street ⓘ |
| replacedBy | One Liberty Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedPhysicalStructureAt | site of One Liberty Plaza ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | early 20th century New York skyscraper boom ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| urbanContext | dense commercial core of Lower Manhattan ⓘ |
| use | office building ⓘ |
| wasOneOf | largest office buildings of its time in New York City ⓘ |
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