Continental Bank Building

30 Broad Street | also 30 New Street | Financial District | built 1932

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

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1929
A 50-story tower is announced for the Johnston Building site
In 1929, a new 50-story building was announced for 30 Broad Street, where the 15-story Johnston Building stood, to house the Continental Bank and Trust Company and various brokers. Cross and Cross were named as planners, and the cost was estimated at $20 million. The project was said to be the biggest cooperative building venture attempted up to that time.
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1932
The Continental Bank Building opens for occupancy
The 48-story Art Deco tower, built on the site of the earlier Johnston Building, opened for occupancy in 1932. An unusual sub-basement clearing house gave owner-tenants floor space where they could trade with one another, exchanging receipts through pneumatic tubes. The real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield set up a branch office here the same year.
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1954
The building doubles as the fictional Larrabee headquarters in Sabrina
In the original 1954 film Sabrina, 30 Broad Street plays the Larrabee Building, home of the family's business empire, and Audrey Hepburn is seen standing on the sidewalk outside its entrance. The building also appears in the opening of Executive Suite, another 1954 film, where a businessman steps out, flags down a taxi, and collapses on the pavement, setting the plot moving.
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