The Trump Building
New York, USA

HEIGHT: 283m/927 feet
FLOORS: 71 floors
COMPLETION: 1930
ARCHITECT: H. Craig Severance

40 Wall was built in 1928-1930 for the Bank of the Manhattan Co. The building will be best known for its race for the world's tallest building neck to neck with the Chrysler Building. Built simultaneously with the rivaling building, the 71-storey 40 Wall was completed with a pyramidal top and lantern at 282.5 m, the builders being certain that they'd won. But as the Chrysler Building was suddenly topped with a steel spire, it was left to hold the second place in skyscraper rankings. (Although according to the Real Estate Weekly, the building still holds the title of the "tallest mid-block building".) The building plot was combined from seven parcels of land and the ground was broken in May 1928, a year before the Bank of the Manhattan moved in.

The Depression affected also the 40 Wall and the building stood half-empty until the end of WW II when it attracted several notable firms as tenants. In the late 1980s, the leaving of the Morgan Guaranty Bank from the building to its new headquarters left a 19,000 m² gap to its rentable space that still affects the economy of the premises. At worst, the building has had only about 10% of its office space rented. Like the Empire State Building, the 40 Wall has also been hit by an aircraft: in 1946 a US Coast Guard plane hit the building in fog, killing four people.

The 83,900 m² building was acquired by Ferdinand Marcos in 1982, and although it changed hands twice after that, any plans for renovation (admittedly, quite ambitious too) were discarded as too costly. Donald Trump bought the building in 1996 and started a massive, and badly needed, renovation in the building (arch. Der Scutt). Trump renamed the tower, "The Trump Building". Originally intended as a half-commercial, half-residential property, with the lower 35 floors for offices and the top 35 for apartments, the "new" 40 Wall was after all retained as a commercial-only building.


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9/10

This is such a robust and smart-looking skyscraper despite its age. I like its green top the most!

nice for its age. . but pails in comparison to ESB and Chrysler . . 6/10

Nice looking building, but stomped on by ESB and Chrysler, but very nice afrt deco design.

8/10

5, i agree, ESB and Chrisler just stomped it ;)

I love it, 10/10:)

Who voted for 3.0 or less?:guns1:

A very handsome building, the decorative accents carried through the entire fassade. I'm tough on 10s, so here's a 9 or 9.5!!!!

Don't like this style, but a decent attempt. 5/10.

btw is this the building that was the reason for them putting the spire on Chrysler?

7/10. The design is a little incongruent. Most of the building looks very 1930 art deco, like a junior Rockefeller Center, but the copper spire looks like it was lifted from a design circa 1910.

btw is this the building that was the reason for them putting the spire on Chrysler?

This was indeed the building Chrysler was competing with to be the world's tallest back in the late 20's.

A nice building but it's never really quite stood out despite the height. I think this was the end of an era while the Chrysler ushered in a new one.

7/10

I like it, but, yes it gets much less attention in the NY skyline for obvious reasons. It's top is way 'off.' 7.

WOW. What an amazing one. 10/10!

I gave it 8/10..its a great building but its not quite up to Empire State n Chrysler standards

I didn't realize Trump Owned this tower. We should tell him to restore that decorative top, like they did with the Statue of Liberty. Clean it up a bit, so it doesn't appear stained and unkept.

I gave it a 9 for being a more beautiful Art Deco design than the Empire State Building, but I reserve 10 for the Chrysler Building alone.:angel1:

7/10 - nice design, but it doesn't catch my attention as forcefully as, say, ESB or Chrysler. And I'm not quite sure how well the top of the tower matches the rest of the building.
BTW - Just how many buildings does The Donald own, anyhow?
(And yes, he should do something about the top of the tower)

8.5/10. Nice.

A beautiful deco tall. Love the detailing.

I have a penchant for deco structures.

10

Looks like it has a huge base.

over all I give it a 8/10

there aren't to many art deco skyscrapers in the world to begin with...a classic design from a golden era but the building looks like it has seen better days and I do like the copper top.....8.5/10

EWWWW!!!!

Gee, I wish Trump would stop buying everything!

I love this building. I always have. 9.5

8.5/10

i like it!! :okay:

10/10

This is still one of the building's that give lower Manhattan its distinctive silhouette - not as well known as ESB or the Chrysler, but ranks up there with them.

UrbanLandscape, I suspect "the Donald" will never stop trying to buy buildings - for him, they're like Lay's potato chips - you can't buy just one...

Did you hear about his attempt to buy the Empire State Building in the '90s? He did this partly to get back at his enemy Leona Helmsley, who'd inherited part ownership from her late husband...There were a lot of wierd shenanigans, involving not only the Donald and Leona, but a very shady Japanese businessman, his daughter, a very strange arrangement whereby the title to the building and the master lease(which included most of the profit from rents) were separate entities...

Actually, I'm glad the Donald wasn't successful here - I can just picture him trying to put up giant gold "T's" over the entrances, or something else just as gaudy...

9.5. Should be a 10 but ESB and Chrysler win. Ahhh... the golden age of skyscrapers. Would love to have something like this in Toronto...

How the f%&k can anyone give this masterpiece a 3 or a 5. People have a warped sense of aesthetics these days...

Too bad its hiden behind that monstrousity!!

I give it a 8/10!
:borgsmile

Damn you 1 chase!!:bleep:

10/10

Another NYC classic, it seems to dominate the Downtown skyline along with 70 Pine and One Chase.

I couldn't help posting some pics:
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They don't make them like they used to...Like this one
I like it,and de detail at the top is great.
Real nice style 8.5/10

One of my personal favourites. It's worth at least 8. I really like the green top of the building! :colgate:

The actual building is no more special than Chrysler or ESB but the beautiful crown wins it an

8

8.5/10..I like looking at it from far, but the detailed view of the top was a turn off.

10

It just doesn't get better than this awesome art deco style! This building is amazing... very intricate and ornate design... nice slender soaring tower... and that top... one of the ultimate skyscraper tops... wow!

No, thanks.

I don't like the green top!! Really horrible choice! :rant: But I don't fancy art-deco scrapers anyway... But it's height and the time it was completed deserves some credit :)

8/10

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It's bronze. It turns green after a while.

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The top is clean and restored, that photo is old! :)

8/10 It's a classic. But it needs to be cleaned.

Eh...I kinda like the green colour that you get on uncleaned crowns like that....there are a couple of buildings in my home city in the uk with a similar colour....I think its great..

nice! 10:master:

9.5/10.

A classic and so much personality.I really don't know but i think i saw that top on a movie with what resembles to a huge door.
It could be ghostbusters(no i don't think so) or a horror kind of movie.But hey building such a structure in the 30's it's simply amazing, and that goes to the Chrysler and the Empire State too.

10/10

Another classic NYC skyscraper.

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10/10 says enough I guess?.

10/10

NY RULES! Those old towers there are just amazing!

10/10 Indeed !!

9.5/10 :)
I like the copper crown, and the art-deco style of the building. It's a shame it doesn't stand out more in the sea of less attractive skyscrapers which surround it.

10/10 :)

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8/10, veery very nice art déco building

8/10 that building reminds me of the movies that shown new york full of tall buildings

Overshadowed by it's much better known sisters (ESB and Chrysler)...still among the best of the originals!

10/10

9/10

9/10


Nice classic

8/10
A Classic tower.
Very Nice building for the year in which it was built.

8/10

A very beautiful tredissional skyscraper, but i not the best, but i like the skyscrapers who is been built today better, mutch better... 6/10

In new york there are better skyscrapers of this style 4/10

the transition from a big base to a slender tower is really nice. the building's really awesome too. why does it have to be so underrated?

the name trump building is so lame. they should call it something else.

9

8.5/10

9/10

I like the idea of the transition from the chunky base to the slender peak, and I like the facade as well as anything else. This building would rank above the chrysler and esb in my opinion, if the base layout was not so weird and the top part not so slender. All in all a classic NY building.

Magnificent--a real sleeper.

10/10 a true classic

love it! massive bottom! 9

I think that's a very cool old skyscraper and fits well in NYC. The wide bottom and green roof are very classy. I find that the whole thing is just perfect. Definetly one of my most favorite old buildings. 10/10

8.5/10
It's great, and a classic, but it looks a bit grimey; needs to be cleaned up!

Great proportions and details. 8/10.

Very nice: 8.5/10!

9

Classic

9.0

I dont like the green on it makes it look moldy. 5/10

very nice design and for its age 9/10

i love it.
10/10

9/10 next great classic from NYC

I like this building, a bit of a classic style.
if i have got the money of d. trump i will buy the petronas towers.

:cheers: ciao

8.5/10

Nice looking building, but stomped on by ESB and Chrysler, but very nice afrt deco design.

8/10


for sure

Another good 30s american building! 8.5/10.

nice ass. 8

Quite grand, but also boring and just not my thing, 6.5/10

8/10

Awesome building.10.

Is this the same one from the show? The inside is nice. but professionally
3/10

Third best building in NYC of the 1930s. Gets a 9.5/10 from me.

Always have loved it.... 9/10

7/10

ugly

UGLY!3 AND less

5.10

a 10


I love this Tower....it inspired me to build a scale model of it!! hope you like it!!!

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9

Love the roof, hate the Trump name labeled on it. These art decos are just amazing

old looking... but cool 7/10

OK 6

8.5/10

Nice NYC classic, but not the best. 8,5/10

A very awesome crown ^^
It's also getting some extra points for the engineering feat of building it.
But same as ESB, I don't like the cladding, and the base is way too overwhelming.
Still good.
8.

One of my faves in NYC. Obviously it pales next to ESB and Chrysler, but so does almost every other tower in the world. On its own, this one is handsome and impressive. I think the crown works quite well. Could've been better taken care of over the years.

8/10

8/10

7/10

Amazing. 9.

I can't belive people here gave less than 5 to this tower...

10/10

10/10

A classic, love it! 9/10

mmhh It's cool but don't like the colour of the roof!

7.5

It's completely lacking in detailing, which is something a building really needs if it's not glass. 5.5/10.

6/10

9/10.

6.5/10

9/10

7/10

9!

NYC Landmark! 8/10

nice looking building, but not the best from the époque
7/10

One of the new york classics! 9.5!

One of my old favourites...

good looking and too old!!

8/10. Short, but looks nice.

Hehe NYC has simply too many symbols :) That's 9.5/10 even after all this years (or maybe because of all this years? ;) ).

The best in the downtown area 8.5/10.

7.5/10. As far as art deco scrapers go I think this is quite good, although I'm not a big fan of the style over all. I don't like the sudden change to white horizontal striping at the top but otherwise impressive.

7/10

excellent old tower

8/10

7,5 I like old skyscrapers and the top green is great

I don't like Trum and I don't like this building, 6/10.

9,5/10

Not one of the better clasics of NYC but all the classics are great 8.5

9/10

great tower 10/10

Another of the veteran skyscrapers. Still looks great, huh? 8/10

7/10.

8/10

9/10

8.5/10

8.5/10 :)

8.5/10

I like this building a lot 8/10

8/10

4/10 very ugly

Another jewel of NY. This building is also known as 40 Wall Street. 10/10

Sure enough that Chrystler and Empire are far superior but when you see the pics of ww2 era NYC they always show downtown with the 3 pillars. This, Am Int, and 20 Exchange Place. These are the backbone of NYC skyscrapers. These three created that indelible image that awed the world and every immigrant coming in. the first thing they see is the statue of liberty and then lower manhattan and this was a crowning jewel. history aside, the huge base with setback after setback culminating into the shaft looks like a mountain. The shaft has a fair amount of design for the age but what totally makes this tower is the top. The fantastic green capper that slopes upward into a beautifu cuppola. That then slopes into a small spire, perfect size for the tower. The little windows on the green facade work well too without looking like a cheesegrater.

9/10

it is quite nice...but for the kitsch inside i've given 6.5/10...the interior of this building is catastrophic :( such beautiful tower, and such terrible interior...

8/10 Not so special as it's other NY pals..

7.5/10 The buildings that surround the trump building in the 3rd picture somehow enhance the buildings look.

7.5/10.

3/10

7.5/10.............

9.5/10

7/10

7/10

7.5/10.

6/10

8.5/10 I love the top... btw what is so ukempt about the top??

simple but impressive....

I really like this building. 10/10

Classic 9/10

9/10 My favorite style.

yes this one is well designed the roof is great 8/10

not bad for its time 7.5/10

Looks solid, 7.5/10

10/10. Great set backs that are wonderfully proportional to the building. I love the top and the color. Great height for its age and wasn't it actually the tallest building in the world for a month or two?

yes it looks like it has seen better days and could use a clean up in those pictures but i'm not penalizing it for that.

9/10

9/10 classic

8/10

10/10. A Classic..

10, for sure

7.5/10

9/10

[QUOTE=SUNNI]5, i agree, ESB and Chrisler just stomped it

Hey if you're going to say things like that, at least spell correctly. This is my favorite scraper crown period, including those two. Too bad Chase Manhattan overwhelms it so much. 10/10* just the same. Cleaning this one up was the best thing Trump has done for NYC. (* actually 9.9, only Woolworth gets a perferct ten, but poll doesn't allow for this.)

7/10

8/10

8 pkt

i don't like 3/10

8/10 is okay

6.5/10

9/10 -10 for age and style, -1 for oxidized copper roof

I think the person who gives this building a zero deserves to be banned.

7/10

9.5/10

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An old classic...

8.5/10

a classic building.
8/10

9 / 10

Another grand-daddy from the glorious days of NY skyscrapers.

i like... especially the acqua green roof part, 8

Classic feel to it - 9. Should've been named the O'Donnell tower LOL.

7/10

I gave it a 6 for it's height but pale's beside the likes of ESB and Chrysler.

very elegant.... :)

9. quite nice!

9 / 10

still looks pretty good after 75 years.

i love to see these super tall buildings that are very old!!!

7.5 - ok building

There's so many buildings, isn't easier to call it 40 Wall Street?

It's base is a bit big.

7/10

9/10 :)

9 / 10

9/10

impress.

9/10

6/10

colour doesnt match 5.5/10

I do not really like this one in New York City, i will give it a 6,5 out of 10.

too simple

8/10.

Buildings like this were designed using the then building code that if I'm correct said you had to step back at certain heights from the sidewalk to allow sunlight but over a certain level your tower could go as high as you like...The nearby Equitable building caused this change to the planning code as it covered near the whole site and upset people...yet it still stands...I wonder if Manhattan had kept to the same rules what a spectacular romantic skyline of spires New York would have today??? But..then..New York is still Spectacular!

9.5/10. very classic. simply stunning.:banana:

8/10

nice nice i like it,8/10

8.5/ 10

deduction for Donald Trump :lol:

9.5/10

One of my all-time favs

The base is a little big and I'm not sure if the op completely matches the bottom but good art deco tall anyhow.

8/10

9/10 the old style is beautifull

7/10

8.5 - good for the era/style.

9/10 nice top

10/10 classic.

8/10

4/10

it wouldb e better if they had made kt with blue glass.

4/10

it wouldb e better if they had made kt with blue glass.

in 1930?

6/10

4,5/10

9/10

8!

9.5/10

losses .5 because of the name, lol

10/10. Incredible.

8,5/10

Lovely classic building. 8.5/10!

I love everything about this building... except the name...

tall but old design 7/10 IMO

Nice building!

9/10

beautiful Art Deco design

9/10 for this architectural marvel

not a fan of the green roof ..

hmm again .... ugly roof!

5/10

one of my favorite 10/10

7 / 10

it doesnt get my attention at all

8/10

7/10

:cheers:

what a load of crap....

one of the worlds best art-deco towers, simply wonderful!!!

9/10 Amazing historical skyscraper

9/10

9/10

9/10

7/10

8.5
Nice, but the American International is tops in that surrounding area.
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7/10

9/10

8/10, good old design

i didnt know that these building belongs to trump..
man.. he has lots of towers in ny..
when i grow up i wanna be like him...

xD

8,5/10
/ Lille, France : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=23152282#post23152282

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8/10. A beauty.

What the.............another brother of Chrysler Building...........

Boring.................

3~

a decent cla$$ic 8.5/10

8/10