{"nrhp_refnum":"06001303","name":"West Street Building","other_names":["90 West Street"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"90 West St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70998990900006,"lon":-74.01432398899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 23-story skyscraper at 90 West Street, between Cedar and Albany Streets in lower Manhattan, designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building was a significant transitional skyscraper that broke from strict Classical tripartite composition. It emphasized verticality, used Gothic-inspired terra-cotta ornament and color, and had a picturesque mansard roof. These ideas anticipated Gilbert's later Woolworth Building. It was also restored after damage on September 11, 2001.","narrative":"Rising twenty-three stories on a trapezoidal lot in lower Manhattan, 90 West Street was designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907. It has a three-story granite base, a shaft clad in beige glazed terra cotta, and a three-story copper mansard roof. Its facades carry lion heads, eagles, American Indian heads, owls, griffins and gargoyles in richly colored glazes. The building is described as an important transitional skyscraper. Gilbert moved away from strict Classical composition, stressed vertical lines, used Gothic-inspired detail and color, and crowned the building with a picturesque roof. These ideas anticipated his later Woolworth Building. Contemporary critics praised it as a break from earlier skyscrapers. Used as offices until 2001, it was badly damaged by debris and fires when the nearby World Trade Center towers collapsed. After about three years of restoration, the exterior was repaired and the interior converted to 410 apartments, reopening in 2005.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Cass Gilbert (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Skyscraper","criteria":[],"status_note":"Damaged on September 11, 2001, then restored and converted to a 410-unit residential apartment building that reopened in 2005.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.228392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06001303.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001303/1d12926f26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001303/1d12926f26-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Godsfriendchuck","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:90_West_Street_April_2017.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Godsfriendchuck</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:90_West_Street_April_2017.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320067","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90_West_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2564383"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/west-street-building-06001303/"}