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1 Wall Street Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York. Designed in the Art Deco style, the building is 654 feet (199 m) tall and consists of two sections. The original 50-story building was constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Irving Trust . A 28-story annex to the south (later expanded to 36 stories) was built between 1963 and 1965. The building occupies a full city block between Broadway , Wall Street , New Street, and Exchange Place . At the time of its construction, 1 Wall Street occupied what was considered one of the most valuable plots in the city. The building is one of New York City's Art Deco landmarks , although architectural critics initially ignored it in favor of such buildings as the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building . The original portion of the building is designated as a New York City landmark . It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District , a National Register of Historic Places district created in 2007. (Full article...
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