88 Greenwich Street

19 Rector Street | also 89 Washington Street, 91 Washington Street, 21 Rector Street | Financial District | built 1956

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

  1. 1930

    Lafayette A. Goldstone's Art Deco tower opens at Rector and Greenwich

    Gening Realty Corporation broke ground in 1929 on architect Lafayette A. Goldstone's design, originally planned for 40 stories but completed as 35 floors plus a penthouse in 1930. The beige-brick tower rises from a limestone base with asymmetrical setbacks that create terraces above Rector and Greenwich Streets.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1964

    A wiretap payoff scheme tied to the building's phone company tenant unravels

    New York Telephone Company's chief investigator, Harold A. McElroy, had for years received monthly $100 payments from Police Captain Anthony Obremski in exchange for confidential wiretap information. When Obremski was arrested in 1964 for misusing the data to protect bookmakers, McElroy testified against him and avoided prosecution himself.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1999

    The office tower is reborn as 452 apartments renamed 88 Greenwich Street

    The World-Wide Group began converting the Art Deco building into residential units in 1999, creating 452 apartments at a cost of $100 million and changing the address to 88 Greenwich Street for the building's new residential phase.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 2001

    October 1

    Residents near Ground Zero vote to strike over post-9/11 conditions

    After the September 11 attacks left the building's surroundings coated in dust and cut off normal access, residents voted on October 1, 2001, to withhold rent. A class-action lawsuit followed, covering both physical damage and the psychological toll of windows overlooking the disaster site.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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