This slideshow is part of a series for the Center of Applied Liberal Arts (CALA) at NYU SPS by students who took Kelly Carroll’s Behind the Scenes in New York: Preserving a City of Historic Neighborhoods last semester. The course project looks at interesting buildings and other types of architecture in New York City, and elsewhere, that currently do not have landmark status. The authors in this series draw upon extensive research to share what is culturally and historically significant about each structure to make a case for why it is important to protect these sites from destruction and preserve them for future generations.
60 Wall Street: “The tower was designed by Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates to fit its surroundings with a postmodern, Greek revival, and neoclassical look to emphasize both height and size. 60 Wall Street is surrounded by slender pre-World War II towers such as 70 Pine Street to the north, 48 Wall Street to the west, and 20 Exchange Place to the south, making a prominent impact on the Lower Manhattan skyline. The lobby has an entrance, open weekdays only, to the Wall Street subway station (2 and 3 trains) on the New York City Subway’s IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
60 Wall Street is also known as a former locus of Occupy Wall Street activity during the protest occupation of nearby Zuccotti Park. In an October 2011 article in Bloomberg Businessweek entitled “60 Wall: The Real Headquarters of OWS,” reporter Mark Gimein noted that the atrium was scheduled to host activist events like “the “vision and goals” meeting, the facilitation training sessions, the communications meeting.” (Wikipedia)
Student, William Nemec, put together a wonderful slide show which describes the history of the building:
You can view the entire slideshow, which includes wonderful photographs, drawings, maps, and some fascinating observations here: 60 Wall St Slideshow by William Nemec
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Behind the Scenes in New York: Preserving a City of Historic Neighborhoods, taught by Kelly Carroll, is a continuing education course that any member of the public can register for and is also one of the required courses in the Certificate in Historic Preservation. To find out more about the certificate and other preservation courses, click here: Certificate in Historic Preservation
Fall Registration opens after the July 4 holiday.