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2 New York Skyscrapers Gain Landmark Status

DAVE ITZKOFF The New York Times 02/12/2009 14:32
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The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to give landmark status to 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza and the Consolidated Edison Building in Manhattan, reported TheRealDeal.com.



One Chase Manhattan Plaza, an aluminum-and-glass-skinned skyscraper between Nassau and William Streets in Lower Manhattan, was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was the sixth-tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1961.

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