What was the original budget of 120 Wall Street?
120 Wall Street is an Art Deco office tower at the East River end of Lower Manhattan's financial district. Designed by Buchman & Kahn, it uses the stepped, wedding-cake massing encouraged by New York's 1916 zoning rules. Contemporary reporting put the proposed construction cost at $12 million in 1929; the building opened in March 1930. The Council on Vertical Urbanism records an architectural height of 135.6 metres and 56,404 square metres of tower gross floor area.
Original budget
$12 million
Cost basis: 1929
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How the cost changed
Budgets, contracts and final costs may cover different stages. Each figure keeps its own year and source.
Original budget
1929$12 million
The New York TimesFinancing amount
1929$4.05 million
The New York TimesProject metrics
Key dimensions
- HeightCouncil on Vertical Urbanism (The Skyscraper Center)
- 135.6 m
- Floor areaCouncil on Vertical Urbanism (The Skyscraper Center)
- 56,404 m²
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