The Equitable Building is an office tower at 120 Broadway in lower Manhattan, designed by the architect Ernest R. Graham and completed in 1915 on the site of an earlier Equitable Life Assurance Society building lost to fire. Rising 38 stories straight up from its lot line with no setbacks, its massive bulk cast a shadow over several surrounding blocks and blocked light and air from neighboring buildings, a complaint that became a central argument for regulating building form. The public reaction to the building is widely credited as a direct cause of New York City's 1916 Zoning Resolution, the first comprehensive zoning law in the United States, which required new tall buildings to step back as they rose in order to preserve light at street level.
Facts
Building Type Location120 Broadway, Financial District, Lower Manhattan, New York City 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Equitable Building (Manhattan), Wikipedia
Uses Element
Source Equitable Building (Manhattan), Wikipedia
Source Equitable Building (Manhattan), Wikipedia
Source Equitable Building (Manhattan), Wikipedia
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Lead
office skyscraper
Lead, location
120 Broadway, between Pine and Cedar streets, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, in New York City
Lead, completion
The Equitable Building was completed on May 1, 1915
Lead, height
It is 555 feet (169 m) tall
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Equitable Building is an office tower at 120 Broadway in lower Manhattan, designed by the architect Ernest R. Graham and completed in 1915 on the site of an earlier Equitable Life Assurance Society building lost to fire. Rising 38 stories straight up from its lot line with no setbacks, its massive bulk cast a shadow over several surrounding blocks and blocked light and air from neighboring buildings, a complaint that became a central argument for regulating building form. The public reaction to the building is widely credited as a direct cause of New York City's 1916 Zoning Resolution, the first comprehensive zoning law in the United States, which required new tall buildings to step back as they rose in order to preserve light at street level.
In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Neoclassical
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
=== Facade === The building's facade is made of brick, granite, and terracotta, and white Yule Marble and iron are also used in the building.
Uses Element: Granite, Wikipedia article
=== Facade === The building's facade is made of brick, granite, and terracotta, and white Yule Marble and iron are also used in the building.
Uses Element: Terracotta, Wikipedia article
=== Facade === The building's facade is made of brick, granite, and terracotta, and white Yule Marble and iron are also used in the building.
Uses Element: Marble, Wikipedia article
=== Facade === The building's facade is made of brick, granite, and terracotta, and white Yule Marble and iron are also used in the building.
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