100 Gold Street

Financial District | built 1970

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1926

    An earlier tower on this site, built in 1926 as a tall reinforced-concrete experiment, houses the FBI

    An earlier building at 100 Gold Street was put up in 1926 as an experiment in tall reinforced-concrete construction. Its offices were used by the FBI and by New York Traffic Commissioner Barnes. By the time it was demolished it was recorded as the first concrete building of its height in New York to be both built and torn down.

    Source: harvardartmuseums.org

  2. 1966

    Photographer Danny Lyon shoots the old tower from the ruins of the Tribune Building

    In 1966 and 1967 Danny Lyon photographed lower Manhattan as it was being torn down, in a series called The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. One frame shows the old 1926 tower at 100 Gold Street from the remains of the New York Tribune building. In the late 1960s the tower was replaced by a nine-story office building, which the city now owns and uses for its housing department.

    Source: clevelandart.org

  3. 1967

    The 1926 concrete tower at 100 Gold Street is torn down and replaced by a nine-story office building

    The experimental reinforced-concrete tower that had stood at 100 Gold Street since 1926 was demolished in the 1960s, and a nine-story office building rose in its place by the end of the decade. The new building was privately held at first. The city later took ownership of it, and it now houses the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

    Source: clevelandart.org

  4. 1993

    New York City buys 100 Gold Street from Travelers Insurance for $37 million

    In 1993 the city bought the nine-story office building at 100 Gold Street, put up in the 1960s, for $37 million from Travelers Insurance Company. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development had already been leasing the top two floors for a long time. The brokerage Prudential Bache was also a tenant and moved out after the sale.

    Source: therealdeal.com

  5. 2025

    January 9

    Mayor Eric Adams announces plans to turn the HPD headquarters at 100 Gold Street into 2,000 homes

    In his State of the City address on January 9, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams said the city would redevelop 100 Gold Street into about 2,000 homes, part of what he called a "Manhattan Plan" to add 100,000 homes across the borough in ten years. The city's housing agency, HPD, is headquartered in the building, which also holds offices for the Parks and Education departments and the Office of Collective Bargaining. The Real Deal reported that it would likely be demolished and that the senior center inside would have to move.

    Source: therealdeal.com

  6. 2025

    December 8

    The city picks GFP Real Estate to replace 100 Gold Street with 3,700 homes and a new senior center

    On December 8, 2025, Mayor Adams announced that GFP Real Estate would redevelop the 525,000-square-foot building with 3,700 homes, 25 percent of them permanently affordable, plus a new senior center. City offices including HPD now fill it, and the Hamilton Madison House Older Adult Center takes up roughly 18,000 square feet of the basement. 6sqft noted that restoring the building to good repair would cost $230 million.

    Source: 6sqft

  7. 2026

    September 22

    The Mamdani administration starts public review of a plan for nearly 4,000 homes at 100 Gold Street

    On September 22, 2026, the Mamdani administration announced the start of public review of the redevelopment plan for the city-owned site. The updated plan, to be built by GFP Real Estate after a competitive selection, calls for about 4,000 homes, roughly 300 more than earlier estimates, with around 1,000 of them permanently affordable and rent-stabilized. It also includes a replacement older adult center and a publicly accessible fitness center, and the sale proceeds would pay to move city agencies into modern offices.

    Source: nyc.gov

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