88 Greenwich Street

88 Greenwich Street, also known as the Greenwich Club Residences and previously as 19 Rector Street, is a building on the south side of Rector Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1929–30, the 37-story building was designed by Lafayette A. Goldstone and Alexander Zamshnick in the Art Deco style.[4]

88 Greenwich Street
Alternative namesGreenwich Club Residences
19 Rector Street
General information
TypeResidential
Architectural styleArt Deco
Location88 Greenwich Street
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°42′28.5″N 74°0′51″W
Construction started1929
Completed1930
OwnerThor Equities[1]
Height
Roof466 ft (142 m)
Top floor427 ft (130 m)
Technical details
Floor count37[2]
Design and construction
ArchitectLafayette Goldstone
Alexander Zamshnick
References
88 Greenwich Street
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.02000551[3]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2002

An entrance to the New York City Subway's Rector Street station was in the basement of the building, and opened in 1931.[5] This entrance had closed by 1941.[6]

88 Greenwich Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The building was renovated into residential condominium use in 2006.[4] In 2012, the building was affected by flooding from Hurricane Sandy. Three million cubic feet of salt water entered the basement of the building, causing significant damage.[7][8] During the flooding, water dislodged an oil tank, which cracked after hitting a ceiling beam.[9]

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Notes

  1. Samfani, Hiten (August 5, 2014). "Joe Sitt buys out Heiberger at 88 Greenwich commercial condo". The Real Deal. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. "Greenwich Club Residences". SkyScraperpage.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. 88 Greenwich Street at Emporis
  5. Eleventh Annual Report For The Calendar Year 1931. New York State Transit Commission. p. 74.
  6. Appeals, New York (State) Court of (1942). New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs. pp. 40, 143–148.
  7. Staff (November 30, 2012). "88 Greenwich, target of lawsuit, set to reopen". The Real Deal. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  8. Polsky, Sara (November 2, 2012). "88 Greenwich Declared 'Unsafe' and Completely Uninhabitable". Curbed New York. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  9. Satow, Julie (January 11, 2013). "The Generator is the Machine of the Moment". The New York Times. Retrieved April 21, 2016.


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