NYC - Financial District: Zuccotti Park - Joie de Vivre and Equitable Building
A 70-foot-tall bright red steel sculpture that adorned St. John's Rotary at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel from 1998 to 2003 is back in Lower Manhattan. "Joie de Vivre," by the New York sculptor Mark di Suvero, was installed in the newly redesigned Zuccotti Park, formerly known as Liberty Plaza Park. It is the first permanent sculpture by Mr. di Suvero in New York City. Joie de Vivre was created in 1997 for an exhibition at Les Invalides in Paris. After St. John's Rotary, Mr. Henry said, it was on view at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, N.Y.
At its completion in 1915, the Equitable Building was the largest office building in the world in square footage. This massive structure by Peirce Anderson of Ernest Graham & Associates, with its entrances in the form of triumphal arches and its classical ornamental detail, was a speculative venture, largely planned by Thomas Du Pont, that houses the headquarters of Equitable Life, as well as the offices of many other small firms. The bulk of the H-shaped building, rising 38 stories with n setbacks, provoked great controversy and was of-cited by opponents of unregulated growth as an example of the evils of skyscraper construction. Its presense helped pass the first zoning law in the United States in 1916. A restoration by Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Whitelaw was completed in 1990.
The Equitable Building was designated a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1996.
Equitable Building National Register #78001869
NYC - Financial District: Zuccotti Park - Joie de Vivre and Equitable Building
A 70-foot-tall bright red steel sculpture that adorned St. John's Rotary at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel from 1998 to 2003 is back in Lower Manhattan. "Joie de Vivre," by the New York sculptor Mark di Suvero, was installed in the newly redesigned Zuccotti Park, formerly known as Liberty Plaza Park. It is the first permanent sculpture by Mr. di Suvero in New York City. Joie de Vivre was created in 1997 for an exhibition at Les Invalides in Paris. After St. John's Rotary, Mr. Henry said, it was on view at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, N.Y.
At its completion in 1915, the Equitable Building was the largest office building in the world in square footage. This massive structure by Peirce Anderson of Ernest Graham & Associates, with its entrances in the form of triumphal arches and its classical ornamental detail, was a speculative venture, largely planned by Thomas Du Pont, that houses the headquarters of Equitable Life, as well as the offices of many other small firms. The bulk of the H-shaped building, rising 38 stories with n setbacks, provoked great controversy and was of-cited by opponents of unregulated growth as an example of the evils of skyscraper construction. Its presense helped pass the first zoning law in the United States in 1916. A restoration by Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Whitelaw was completed in 1990.
The Equitable Building was designated a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1996.
Equitable Building National Register #78001869