28 Liberty Street
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28 Liberty Street, formerly known as One Chase Manhattan Plaza, is a 60-story International Style skyscraper between Nassau, Liberty, William, and Pine Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan i
The western facade viewed from the ground
The 1731 Middle Collegiate Church and the Old Sugar House formerly occupied the site of 28 Liberty Street. Both were used to house American prisoners under the British occupation of the city during the American Revolutionary War. Many died while in captivity or shortly after due to their treatment.
Looking up at the tower from the plaza; the structural columns project from the facade.
28 Liberty Street's plaza, nearly deserted in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
SOM (architectural firm)
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SOM, an initialism of its original name Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm with headquarters in Chicago. It was founded in 1936 by Louis
28 Liberty Street
…between Nassau, Liberty, William, and Pine Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The building, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), opened in 1961. It is 813 feet (248 m) tall. 28 Liberty Street occupies only about 28 percent of its 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) site. It consists of 60…
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