195 Broadway, also known as the Telephone Building, Telegraph Building, or Western Union Building, is an early skyscraper on Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The build
Seen from Fulton Street and Broadway
195 Broadway (left center) seen from Park Row
The subway entrance at Fulton Street
A lobby corridor on the first floor, running between Fulton and Dey Streets
Spirit of Communication is the formal name for the statue by Evelyn Beatrice Longman originally called Genius of Telegraphy. The statue has been the symbol of AT&T since their commission was completed
195 Broadway
…Greek-inspired ornamentation. The northwestern corner of the building was designed similar to a campanile with a stepped roof, which formerly supported the Spirit of Communication statue. The Greek design carried into the large lobby, clad with marble walls and floors, and containing sculptural ornament by Paul Manship and Gaston…
AT&T's Spirit of Communications sculpture in its current location outside of AT&T's headquarters in Dallas, Texas
The Spirit of Communication was used by the Bell System on telephone directories