Corbin Building is a historic office building at the northeast corner of John Street and Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City.
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19 Facts About Corbin Building
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Corbin Building has a polychrome exterior of brick, brownstone and terracotta featuring rounded arches with terracotta detailing, while its interior vaulted ceilings employ a Guastavino tile system.
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The Corbin Building was significantly taller than others around at the time it was built.
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Corbin Building was erected as a speculative venture for use as office space or housing.
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The Corbin Building is a contributing property to the Fulton–Nassau Historic District, an NRHP district created in 2005.
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Corbin Building is in the Financial District of Manhattan, at the northeast corner of Broadway and John Street.
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The Corbin Building utilized "cage construction" in which the steel structure supported the floors, but not the outer walls.
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Guastavino tile was utilized on the ceilings, roof, and floors to provide extra fireproofing, and the Corbin Building was supposedly the city's first structure to use such technology.
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The Corbin Building used architectural terracotta supplied by the New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company.
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Stern stated that "smaller infill buildings" such as the Corbin Building had tended "to experiment with new forms and unusual compositions" since 1880.
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Corbin Building's facade contains one bay on Broadway and eight on John Street.
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Corbin Building's site was owned by the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church through the 19th century, though records do not show when the church acquired the site.
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Kimball's design for the Corbin Building was influenced by his previous experience in the usage of terracotta decorative elements, such as at the Casino Theatre.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which was developing the Fulton Center, considered several options that would either demolish the Corbin Building, leave it alone, or integrate it into the Fulton Center.
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In 2005, the Corbin Building was designated as a contributing property to the Fulton–Nassau Historic District, a NRHP district.
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Corbin Building was rehabilitated as part of the Fulton Center project, with Judlau Contracting as main contractors, Page Ayres Cowley Architects as sub-consultants, and Arup Group as designer.
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Corbin Building reopened in December 2012, with retail space returning to the ground floor.
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In 2015, the Corbin Building was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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David W Dunlap of The New York Times wrote in 2003 that "the Corbin Building looks something like a Roman aqueduct with French Renaissance flourishes, arches over arches over arches".
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