70 Pine Street
- Architect
- Clinton and Russell
- Year
- 1932
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Manhattan, NY
70 Pine Street is a 67-story, 952-foot skyscraper in the Financial District, designed by Clinton & Russell, Holton & George in the Art Deco style and built between 1930 and 1932 as an office building. It was originally named for its first tenant, the energy conglomerate Cities Service Company, and on completion was Lower Manhattan's tallest building and, until 1969, the world's third-tallest.
the building
Facade and ornament. The building occupies a trapezoidal lot and features a brick, limestone, and gneiss facade with numerous setbacks, along with an extensive program of ornamentation depicting the Cities Service Company's triangular logo and solar motifs.
The lobby and elevators. The interior includes an Art Deco lobby, escalators at the lower stories, and double-deck elevators linking the floors.
A penthouse repurposed. A three-story penthouse was intended for Cities Service founder Henry Latham Doherty but was instead used as a public space.
the style
The Art Deco design carries through from the setback massing down to the ornament, where the Cities Service triangular logo and solar motifs recur across the facade.
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The building was designed by the firm of Clinton & Russell, Holton & George.
significance
70 Pine Street is a designated New York City Landmark and has since been converted to residential use.
nearby
- 60 Wall Street
- 56-58 Pine Street Building
- 48 Wall Street
- 40 Wall Street
- 20 Exchange Place
- 120 Wall Street