New York City. Attractions. Map. Tours. Hotels. Facts. Buildings. Posters. Pictures. A View On Cities. New York City. New York Attractions. Wall Street. Loading.... Statue of Liberty. Brooklyn Bridge. Times Square. Empire State Building. Central Park. Chrysler Building. Grand Central Terminal. Rockefeller Center. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifth Avenue. Memorial. MoMA. Wall Street. Ellis Island. United Nations HQ. Bryant Park. High Line. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Flatiron Building. Guggenheim Museum. Lincoln Center. Woolworth Building. Madison Square. South Street Seaport. Metlife Tower. Tudor City. Madison Square Garden. New York Public Library. St. Patrick's Cathedral. Grant's Tomb. Coney Island. Columbus Circle. Museum of Natural History. Plaza Hotel. More New York Attractions.... Wall Street. Info. Location/Map. Nearby. Photos. Rating. votes. votes. Now known as The Trump Building, the 
magnificent structure at Wall Street was once in a race to be the 
Tallest Building in the World.. The History of Wall Street. Wall Street. In developer
George Ohrstrom began amassing parcels of land so that he could realize 
his dream of building the world's tallest skyscraper. This commercial 
building was to be the headquarters for the Bank of Manhattan Trust 
Company and would be designed by H. Craig Severance, whose former 
partner William Van Alen was - at the same time - working on plans for 
the famed. Chrysler Building. Demolition and foundation-laying began in late taking just three 
weeks to complete - an astounding feat in itself. Motivated by the need
 to trump the Chrysler Building, workers completed the entire steel 
frame of the 72-story building in just days and finished the project 
by May about a year after construction began.. For a brief time, Severance and partner Yasuo Matsui thought their 
building was the tallest in the world, until Van Alen revealed. plans for the needle-like spire atop the Chrysler Building, instead making that building the tallest.. About the Building. Even though Wall Street lost its title as the Tallest Building in the
 World, it did indeed become known as "The Crown Jewel of. Wall Street. " 
 and has long dominated the skyline in Manhattan's Financial District. 
Its pyramid-shaped crown and gothic spire are easy to spot from various 
locations in New York and New Jersey.. Wall Street's beautiful bronze doors, topped by the sculpture 
"Oceanus" make for a grand entrance into the ornate interior, which 
includes a bank boardroom modeled after the Signer's Room in. Philadelphia. 's. Independence Hall. and a magnificent two-story marble banking hall with world-renowned murals by Ezra Winter, whose work is featured in. Rockefeller Center. and many other NYC locales. The building became known for its 70th floor observatory and its high-speed elevators.. A New Owner. Ground level. After many years of struggle and low occupancy 
rates, caused in the early days by the Depression and World War II, the 
building switched owners several times and was even at one time owned by
 Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos.. In Donald Trump purchased Wall Street and completed millions of
 dollars in renovations. He had hoped to make it 
half-residential/half-commercial, but the building remains entirely 
commercial. Trump attempted to sell the building in but there were
 no takers that could match his asking price of million.. Next:. US Custom House. Next Skyscraper:. American Radiator Building. [. New York City Skyscrapers. ]. Subway. Wall Street (2,3). Location. Wall Street. nyc. x. Press ESC to close. powered by. www.aviewoncities.com.