One Liberty Plaza

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

"U.S. Steel Building" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the Pittsburgh U.S. Steel Tower, Liberty Place, or the Empire Building (previously called the U.S. Steel Building).

One Liberty Plaza

One Liberty Plaza in 2011, Four World Trade Center can be seen during construction.

General information
Status| Completed
Type| Commercial; office
Architectural style| International Style
Location| 165 Broadway
New York City, New York
United States 10006
Coordinates| 40°42′35″N 74°00′39″W﻿ / ﻿40.70972°N 74.01083°W﻿ / 40.70972; -74.01083
Construction started| 1969
Completed| 1972
Opening| 1973
Cost| $120 million
Owner| Brookfield Properties (51%)
Blackstone (49%)
Height
Roof| 743 ft (226 m)
Technical details
Floor count| 54
Floor area| 2,346,000 sq ft (218,000 m2)[1]
Lifts/elevators| 39
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Developer| U.S. Steel Corporation
Structural engineer| Paul Weidlinger/Weiskopf & Pickworth LLP
Main contractor| Turner Construction Company

One Liberty Plaza, formerly the U.S. Steel Building, is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is situated on a block bounded by Broadway, Liberty Street, Church Street, and Cortlandt Street, on the sites of the former Singer Building and City Investing Building.

The building was designed in the International Style by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 1973. It is 743 ft (226 m) tall and has 54 floors. At 2.3 million sq ft (210,000 m2), each floor offers almost 1 acre (0.40 ha) of office space, making it one of the largest office buildings in New York by usable interior space. Its facade is black, consisting of a structural steel frame. South of the building is Zuccotti Park, formerly called Liberty Plaza Park.

One Liberty Plaza was originally commissioned by U.S. Steel, and also housed the headquarters of Merrill Lynch. A variety of tenants occupy the space, from large law firms to public and not-for-profit agencies like the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation as well as new businesses. Since 2001 One Liberty Plaza has been owned and operated by Brookfield Properties.

## History[edit]

Predecessors at the site, demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza: Singer Building (tallest tower in the center of the image) and City Investing Building (second tallest, with slanted roof) Image of the World Trade Center site, facing One Liberty Plaza, 17 days after the September 11 attacks.

The Singer Building, the tallest in the world from 1908 to 1909, and the City Investing Building adjacent to it were demolished from 1967 to 1968 to clear land for One Liberty Plaza's construction. One Liberty Plaza had more than twice the interior area of the two former buildings combined.[2]

The building had a substantial renovation in 1989, which involved the creation of a new lobby and elevator system. The lobby and elevators have an extensive security system, and the building has a connection to the New York City Subway's Fulton Street/Fulton Center station (2, ​3​, 4, ​5​, A, ​C, ​E​, J​, N, ​R, ​W, and Z trains) in the basement.

In 2001, Brookfield Properties bought the property for $432 million.[3] Following the September 11 attacks, and the subsequent collapse of the World Trade Center nearby, One Liberty Plaza sustained significant facade damage. Hundreds of windows that had been blown out on its western facade needed to be replaced, and heavy dust and debris needed to be removed from the floors and equipment on the roof. An outside area on the street beside Brooks Brothers on the ground floor of the building was used as a temporary morgue in the days following the attack.[citation needed] At one point there was a rumor going around that the building was in danger of collapse. These claims were quickly refuted by the New York Times:

> There are no structural concerns with this building," said Ilyse Fink, the director of communications for the city's Department of Buildings, reinforcing a message she has delivered almost daily since Sept. 12. "It is not and was not in danger of collapse. The building is structurally sound."[4]

The building was planned to be reopened to office workers with a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 22, 2001.[4] But the day before it was to happen, it was decided that it was not yet sufficiently safe for employees to return to the office tower. The tower reopened on October 24, two days after originally scheduled.[5]

As of 2016[update], it was the 656th tallest building in the world.[6]

In December 2017, Brookfield sold a 49% stake in the tower to Blackstone, valuing the tower at $1.55 billion.[7] The sale of the minority stake followed the refinancing of the building in August 2017 with a $784 million loan from Morgan Stanley.

## Tenants[edit]

One Liberty Plaza is a hub of Wall Street activity, housing RBC Capital Markets' trading floors.[8] Major tenants are New Avon (2 floors), the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, and the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (531 attorneys on 11 floors).[9] It also houses the corporate headquarters of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (part of Anthem),[10] Investment Technology Group, and insurance companies Arch Insurance Group, Sirius America, Mutual of America, Swiss Re, Generali, and Allianz and its subsidiaries Fireman's Fund and Interstate/Chicago.[11]

The following is a list of the tenants by floor:[12]

FL#  | Companies

|

53  | Arch Insurance Group
47  | Mutual of America
34–45  | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
28–33  | Aon[13]
25–26  | New Avon
22–23  | AKF Group, LLC[14]
21  | Friedman LLP[15]
20  | Cambridge University Press[16]
10–14  | New York City Economic Development Corporation[17]
8–9  | Business Insider[18]
4–5  |
2–3  | Convene
Basement  | Brookfield Financial Properties

## See also[edit]

* List of tallest buildings in New York City
* List of tallest buildings in the United States

## References[edit]

1. ^ One Liberty Plaza
2. ^ Gray, Christopher (August 29, 2013). "Twins, Except Architecturally". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
3. ^ "Brookfield Completes $432 Mln Financing at Downtown Manhattan's One Liberty Plaza". crenews.com. January 30, 2001.
4. ^ a b Saulny, Susan (October 17, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: 1 LIBERTY PLAZA; A Tower Survives Greatly Exaggerated Rumors and Prepares to Reopen". The New York Times.
5. ^ Pristin, Terry (October 26, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: NOTEBOOKS; The Return to Liberty Plaza". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
6. ^ "Diagrams". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
7. ^ "Blackstone to buy 49% stake in FiDi office tower from Brookfield". The Real Deal. December 5, 2017.
8. ^ About RBCCM. RBC Capital Markets. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
9. ^ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | Lawyers. clearygottlieb.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
10. ^ Write Us. Anthem
11. ^ WTC Tenant Relocation Summary as of March 2002. TenantWise. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
12. ^ Haller, John T. "1 Liberty Plaza Tenants by Floor".
13. ^ La Guerre, Liam (August 7, 2017). "Aon Expanding at One Liberty Plaza to 237K Square Feet Before Moving In". Commercial Observer.
14. ^ Schlanger, Danielle (September 15, 2014). "AKF Group Leaving Midtown for 1 Liberty Plaza [Updated]". Commercial Observer.
15. ^ Rizzi, Nicholas (November 12, 2018). "Friedman LLP Ditching Midtown for 45K SF at One Liberty Plaza". Commercial Observer.
16. ^ Cullen, Terence (November 10, 2015). "Aged Publishing Company Relocates to One Liberty Plaza [Updated]". Commercial Observer.
17. ^ Baird-Remba, Rebecca (October 10, 2017). "EDC Inks 220K-SF Lease at One Liberty Plaza". Commercial Observer.
18. ^ La Guerre, Liam (June 5, 2017). "Business Insider Takes 88K Square Feet at Brookfield's One Liberty Plaza". Commercial Observer.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to One Liberty Plaza.

* Official website
* One Liberty Plaza on CTBUH
* One Liberty Plaza on Emporis
* One Liberty Plaza on Skyscraperpage.com
* One Liberty Plaza on Structurae

* v
* t
* e

Structures on Broadway in Manhattan and the Bronx

Buildings (The Battery – Houston Street)

* U.S. Custom House
* One
* Two
* 11 (Bowling Green Offices)
* 25 (Cunard)
* 26 (Standard Oil)
* 52
* 61 (Adams Express)
* 65 (American Express)
* 1 Wall Street
* 71 (Empire)
* 75 (Trinity Church)
* 100 (American Surety)
* 111, 115 (Trinity and United States Realty)
* 120 (Equitable)
* 140 (Marine Midland)
* 165 (One Liberty Plaza)
* 195
* 200 (Fulton Center)
* Corbin Building
* 209
* St. Paul's Chapel
* Trinity Church Cemetery
* Transportation (225)
* 233 (Woolworth)
* 253, 256 (Home Life)
* 258 (Rogers Peet)
* City Hall
* 270 (Tower 270)
* 277 (Broadway–Chambers)
* 280
* 287
* 290 (Ted Weiss Federal)
* 291
* 305 (Mutual Reserve)
* 319
* 346 (Former New York Life)
* 359
* 361
* 395 (Pearl River Mart)
* 457–459 (A. J. Dittenhofer Warehouse)
* 462 (Mills & Gibb)
* 488 (E. V. Haughwout)
* 495 (New Era)
* 561 (Scholastic)

Buildings (Houston Street – Times Square)

* 611 (Cable)
* 640
* 721 (Tisch School)
* 770
* 800 (Grace Church)
* 828 (Strand Bookstore)
* 889 (Gorham)
* 900 (Goelet)
* 935–939
* Flatiron Building
* Madison Green
* 1181 (Baudouine)
* 1200 (Gilsey)
* 1232 (Grand Hotel)
* 1260 (Martinique Hotel)
* 1300 (Hotel McAlpin)
* 1313
* Macy's
* 1328 (Marbridge)
* 1352 (Greenwich Savings Bank)
* Holy Innocents Church
* Times Square Tower
* 1466 (Knickerbocker Hotel)

Buildings (Times Square – Columbus Circle)

* 1472 (4 Times Square)
* 1475 (One Times Square)
* 1500
* 1501 (Paramount)
* 1515 (One Astor Plaza and Minskoff Theatre)
* 1535 (Marriott Marquis)
* 1540 (Bertelsmann)
* 1552 (I. Miller)
* 1560 (Embassy Theatre)
* 1564 (Palace Theatre)
* 1566 (TSX Broadway)`
* 1585 (Morgan Stanley)
* 1605 (Crowne Plaza Hotel)
* 1619 (Brill)
* 1634 (Winter Garden Theatre)
* 1650 (Ellen's Stardust Diner)
* 1633 (Paramount Plaza)
* 1681 (Broadway Theatre)
* 1697 (Ed Sullivan Theatre)
* 1717
* 1740
* 1745 (Random House Tower)
* 1764 (224 West 57th Street)
* 1780 (Central Park Tower)
* 1790 (5 Columbus Circle)
* 240 Central Park South

Buildings (Columbus Circle – The Bronx)

* Deutsche Bank Center
* Trump International Hotel and Tower
* 1865
* Empire Hotel
* The Dorilton
* 2100 (Apple Bank)
* 2109 (Ansonia)
* 2124 (Beacon Theatre)
* Hotel Beacon
* The Astor
* 2175 (Hotel Belleclaire)
* 2201 (Apthorp)
* First Baptist Church
* 2350 (Bretton Hall)
* 2429 (Murray's Sturgeon Shop)
* Astor Court
* The Cornwall
* School at Columbia
* 2626 (Metro Theater)
* 2880 (Goddard Institute)
* Broadway Hall
* 3009 (Barnard College)
* 3333 (Riverside Park Community)
* Intercession Church
* 3939 (Children's Hospital)
* 3940
* Audubon Ballroom
* Shabazz Center
* 4140 (United Palace)
* 4881 (Dyckman House)
* 4967 (Good Shepherd Church)
* 5069 (Seaman-Drake Arch)
* 5141 (Allen Hospital)

Parks and plazas

* Bowling Green
* Zuccotti Park
* City Hall Park
* Union Square
* Madison Square
* Greeley Square
* Herald Square
* Times Square
* Columbus Circle
* Verdi Square
* Van Cortlandt Park

Subway stations

* 103rd Street
* 116th Street–Columbia University
* 125th Street
* 137th Street–City College
* 145th Street
* 14th Street
* 157th Street
* 168th Street
* 231st Street
* 238th Street
* 23rd Street
* 28th Street
* 34th Street–Herald Square
* 50th Street
* 59th Street–Columbus Circle
* 66th Street–Lincoln Center
* 72nd Street
* 79th Street
* 86th Street
* 96th Street
* Bowling Green
* Canal Street
* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
* City Hall
* Dyckman Street
* Eighth Street–New York University
* Fulton Street
* Inwood–207th Street
* Marble Hill–225th Street
* Prince Street
* Times Square–42nd Street
* Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
* Wall Street

Former

* New York Produce Exchange
* Government House
* 39 (Macomb House)
* 50 (Tower)
* 64-70 (Manhattan Life Insurance)
* 113–119 (City Hotel)
* 120 (Equitable Life)
* 149 (Singer)
* 165 (City Investing)
* 169–171 (Gilsey)
* 176 (Howard Hotel)
* 195 (Western Union)
* 220 (St. Paul)
* 222 (Barnum's American Museum)
* Astor House
* Rogers Peet
* 346 (Appleton)
* 472 (Mechanics' Hall)
* Theatre Comique
* Church of the Divine Unity
* 507 (St. Nicholas Hotel)
* Metropolitan Hotel
* 663 (Canterbury Hall)
* 673 (Grand Central Hotel)
* 728 (Church of the Messiah)
* 728 (New Theatre Comique)
* 881 (Arnold Constable)
* 1101 (Albemarle Hotel)
* 1107 (McCrory Stores)
* 1115 (Legnam Corporation)
* Hotel Victoria
* 1185 (Fifth Avenue Theatre)
* 1372 (Fair Waist Company)
* 1392 (Knickerbocker Theatre)
* 1411 (Metropolitan Opera House)
* 1469 (Pabst)
* 1481 (Rialto Theatre)
* 1500 (Hotel Claridge)
* 1537 (Astor Theatre)
* 1567 (Central Theatre)
* 1579 (Strand Theatre)
* 1600 (Studebaker)
* Jack Dempsey's Restaurant
* 1645 (Capitol Theatre)
* 1650
* Beltone Studios
* Iridium Jazz Club
* 1678 (Birdland)
* 1865 (Museum of Biblical Art)
* 1981 (Dauphin Hotel)
* 4260 (Coliseum Theatre)
* St. Teresa of Avila Church

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template