200 Vesey Street, formerly known as Three World Financial Center and also known as the American Express Tower, is one of four towers that comprise the Brookfield Place complex in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Rising 51 floors and 739 feet (225 m), it is situated between the Hudson River and the World Trade Center. The building opened in 1986 as part of the World Financial Center and was designed by Haines Lundberg Waehler and Cesar Pelli & Associates.
The building is an example of postmodern architecture, as designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, and contains over 2.1 million square feet (195,000 m2) of rentable office area. It connects to the rest of the World Financial Center complex through a courtyard leading to the Winter Garden, a dramatic glass-and-steel public space with a 120 ft (37 m) vaulted ceiling under which there is an assortment of trees and plants, including sixteen 40 ft (12 m) palm trees from the Mojave Desert. It is notably similar in design to One Canada Square in London's Canary Wharf development. Canary Wharf was, like the World Financial Center, a project by Canadian developers Olympia & York, and One Canada Square was designed by the same principal architect.
Due to its status as the tallest tower in the complex, the building was subject to scathing criticism at the time of its construction. In 1985, the New York Times published an article lambasting the tower. ‟Not too long ago, it was possible to gaze all the way from mid-Manhattan to the skies over the harbor. Now, that vista has been pierced by the American Express tower being built in the World Financial Center at Battery Park City. At the moment, the skyscraper resembles a gigantic, upended, rectilinear fish skeleton. As construction proceeds, however, and the floors fill in, there will be a solid wall where there was once a generous slice of sky."[2]
200 Vesey Street, October 2015.Two rescue workers entering the American Express Tower after the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Three World Financial Center was severely damaged by the falling debris when the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. The building's southeast corner took heavy structural damage, though the effects were not enough to create a threat of collapse. The building had to be closed for repairs from September 11, 2001 until May 2002 as a result of damage sustained in the terrorist attacks. A memorial was constructed to honor the 11 employees of American Express who were victims of the September 11 attacks, it is named the Eleven Tears Memorial.[3]
3 World Financial Center is today the world headquarters of American Express, and was once World Headquarters of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. It was renamed 200 Vesey Street when the rest of the complex became Brookfield Place in 2014.[4]
^. Emporis. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.
^Heller Anderson, Dunlap, Susan, David W. (January 7, 1985). "NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Another Vista Becomes History". The New York Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Eleven Tears Memorial". NYC-ARTS. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^. Brookfield Place New York. Brookfield Place. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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vesey, street, formerly, known, three, world, financial, center, also, known, american, express, tower, four, towers, that, comprise, brookfield, place, complex, financial, district, lower, manhattan, york, city, rising, floors, feet, situated, between, hudson. 200 Vesey Street formerly known as Three World Financial Center and also known as the American Express Tower is one of four towers that comprise the Brookfield Place complex in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City Rising 51 floors and 739 feet 225 m it is situated between the Hudson River and the World Trade Center The building opened in 1986 as part of the World Financial Center and was designed by Haines Lundberg Waehler and Cesar Pelli amp Associates 200 Vesey StreetGeneral informationStatusCompletedTypeOfficeLocation200 Vesey StreetNew York NY 10285United StatesCoordinates40 42 49 N 74 00 53 W 40 71361 N 74 01472 W 40 71361 74 01472Construction started1983Completed1985Opened1986Cost 800 million USD OwnerAmerican Express lower half Brookfield Properties upper half HeightAntenna spire739 ft 225 m Technical detailsFloor count51Floor area2 491 000 sq ft 231 400 m2 Design and constructionArchitect s Haines Lundberg Waehler Cesar Pelli amp AssociatesStructural engineerThornton Tomasetti EngineersReferences 1 Contents 1 Description 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDescription EditThe building is an example of postmodern architecture as designed by Cesar Pelli amp Associates and contains over 2 1 million square feet 195 000 m2 of rentable office area It connects to the rest of the World Financial Center complex through a courtyard leading to the Winter Garden a dramatic glass and steel public space with a 120 ft 37 m vaulted ceiling under which there is an assortment of trees and plants including sixteen 40 ft 12 m palm trees from the Mojave Desert It is notably similar in design to One Canada Square in London s Canary Wharf development Canary Wharf was like the World Financial Center a project by Canadian developers Olympia amp York and One Canada Square was designed by the same principal architect Due to its status as the tallest tower in the complex the building was subject to scathing criticism at the time of its construction In 1985 the New York Times published an article lambasting the tower Not too long ago it was possible to gaze all the way from mid Manhattan to the skies over the harbor Now that vista has been pierced by the American Express tower being built in the World Financial Center at Battery Park City At the moment the skyscraper resembles a gigantic upended rectilinear fish skeleton As construction proceeds however and the floors fill in there will be a solid wall where there was once a generous slice of sky 2 nbsp 200 Vesey Street October 2015 nbsp Two rescue workers entering the American Express Tower after the attacks on the World Trade Center Three World Financial Center was severely damaged by the falling debris when the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11 2001 The building s southeast corner took heavy structural damage though the effects were not enough to create a threat of collapse The building had to be closed for repairs from September 11 2001 until May 2002 as a result of damage sustained in the terrorist attacks A memorial was constructed to honor the 11 employees of American Express who were victims of the September 11 attacks it is named the Eleven Tears Memorial 3 3 World Financial Center is today the world headquarters of American Express and was once World Headquarters of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc It was renamed 200 Vesey Street when the rest of the complex became Brookfield Place in 2014 4 See also EditWorld Trade Center Brookfield Place New York City List of tallest buildings in New York City List of tallest buildings in the United StatesReferences Edit Emporis building ID 115595 Emporis Archived from the original on April 22 2016 Heller Anderson Dunlap Susan David W January 7 1985 NEW YORK DAY BY DAY Another Vista Becomes History The New York Times a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Eleven Tears Memorial NYC ARTS Retrieved September 15 2022 Renovation Updates Brookfield Place New York Brookfield Place Archived from the original on July 9 2014 Retrieved July 9 2014 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 200 Vesey Street Official website Emporis Three World Financial Center Skyscraperpage Three World Financial Center Wired New York 3 World Financial Center Archived March 8 2021 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 200 Vesey Street amp oldid 1148977824, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
