26 Broadway
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26 Broadway, also known as the Standard Oil Building or Socony–Vacuum Building, is an office building adjacent to Bowling Green in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The 31-st
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The top of 26 Broadway's tower section contains a finial and kerosene cauldron.
Broadway facade with the 3 entrances visible and the outer clocks
Beaver Street facade
Carrère and Hastings
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Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère and Thomas Hastings, was an American architecture firm specializing in Beaux-Arts architecture. Located in New York City, the firm practiced from
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…of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The 31-story, 520-foot-tall (160 m) structure was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by Thomas Hastings of Carrère and Hastings, in conjunction with Shreve, Lamb & Blake. It was built in 1884–1885 as the headquarters of Standard Oil, at the time one of the largest oil companies…
The New York Public Library Main Branch, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects. Photographed during late construction in 1908.
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Bust of Thomas Hastings, New York Public Library
Ponce de Leon Hotel, 1885–88 (now Flagler College)