Adams Express Building

61 Broadway | Financial District | built 1913

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

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1914
Francis H. Kimball completes a 32-story tower for Adams Express
Architect Francis Kimball designed the 32-story, palazzo-style tower for the Adams Express Company, which had occupied part of the Pinkerton Building on the site until a 1904 fire damaged it. Construction began in 1912 with an estimated cost of $2 million, and the building was the seventh tallest in Manhattan when it opened in 1914.
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1916
The Black Tom explosion blows out 300 of the building's windows
The building was heavily damaged in 1916, when the Black Tom explosion blew out about 300 of its windows. An entrance to the Wall Street subway station had also been built beneath Broadway at its base, though it was later closed.
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2026
RXR Realty plans to convert the 112-year-old tower into apartments
RXR announced plans in 2025 to convert the ninth floor of 61 Broadway into 21 apartments. By February 2026 it planned to convert the entire building to residential use and had obtained nearly $500 million in financing.
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