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By 1928, the bank had outgrown its impressive quarters in the Woolworth Building and was planning its own building on Wall Street.
Ralph Walker, the architect chosen for the new facility, was well-known for his distinctive designs of buildings for the telephone and telegraph industries.
Throughout this century the bank continued to expand, culminating in the 1988 acquisition of the Irving by The Bank of NewYork, which created today's modern, international financial institution.
The 43-storey building was dubbed the "shadowless skyscraper" due to its sleek form rising to the heights, enhanced by fl terra cotta spandrels on its glazed white brick facade.
The name of the bank (founded in 1851) was derived from the author and diplomat Washington Irving as a means of gaining the newbank a stature of prestige.
The 50-storey building rises unsetback for 20 storeys, whereupon the slim tower rises from setbacks to the flat top with the water tank at 195 m, somewhat similarly to the City Bank Farmers Trust Building's, a few blocks to the east.
The Bank of NewYork ( NYSE : BK), founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1784, is the oldest bank in the United States and has a distinguished history of serving clients around the world through its five primary businesses:
In 1988, the Bank of NewYork acquired the Irving Trust Company and moved its headquarters to One Wall Street, now known as the Bank of NewYorkBuilding.
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"[ NewYork City 's] economic arrogance, cultural ambitions, and overall theatricality combines [sic] to create a skillful, intense, and, for the most part, jealous eclecticism.
The making of compositions, the making of streets, and the making of theater â” it is these things that define the architecture of NewYork far more than does any single style."
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