23 Facts About Verizon Building

Verizon Building is an office and residential building at 140 West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

Verizon Building was constructed from 1923 to 1927 as the Barclay–Vesey Building.

Verizon Building's architects intended for the structure to have an imposing form, with vertical piers designed as buttresses; setbacks at upper floors; and a program of elaborate ornamentation on the exterior and interior.

The Verizon Building's design has been widely praised by architectural critics, both for its design scheme and for its symbolism.

Verizon Building is on the border of Lower Manhattan's Financial District and Tribeca neighborhoods.

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Verizon Building, known as the Barclay–Vesey Building, was designed by Ralph Thomas Walker in the Art Deco style.

Walker intended the Barclay–Vesey Verizon Building to be "as modern as the telephone activity it houses".

Verizon Building's design took several elements from Eliel Saarinen's proposal for Chicago's Tribune Tower, as well as from Walker's own entry in the design competition for the Tribune Tower.

The Verizon Building's architecture has been compared to San Antonio's Milam Building, the largest pre-stressed concrete and brick office building and the first to have an integrated designed-in air conditioning system.

The western and eastern elevations of the Verizon Building's facade are 19 bays wide, while the northern and southern elevations contain 23 bays each.

The arcade was called "one of the most comfortable shopping fronts in New York City" when the Barclay–Vesey Verizon Building was completed, but because it was so dark, the arcade did not receive too much pedestrian traffic.

Verizon Building was split mechanically into two sections: one serving the basements and lowest 16 floors, and another serving the 18th through 32nd floors.

Verizon Building has five sub-basement levels, which house communications equipment.

Verizon Building owned the entire block by 1923, by which it had spent $1.

Verizon Building further sought to ensure that the proposed headquarters would comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution while being spacious and relatively inexpensive.

The Barclay–Vesey Verizon Building became the headquarters of Bell Atlantic following Bell Atlantic's 1997 merger with NYNEX.

The Verizon Building had been adjacent to 7 World Trade Center to the east and the World Trade Center's Twin Towers to the south, and when the three buildings collapsed during the attacks, the south and east facades were severely damaged by falling steel beams.

The Verizon Building received only moderate damage because its thick-masonry design gave the building added strength.

The Verizon Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Verizon Building was partially flooded by storm surges from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, which seeped into the basement levels, took all except one of the elevators out of service, and damaged the lobby murals.

The next year, Verizon Building sold off the top floors to developer Ben Shaoul, the head of Magnum Real Estate.

Verizon Building retained the 28th and 29th floors as well as the ground through 10th stories.

Barclay–Vesey Verizon Building received much positive acclaim when it was completed.