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__NOTOC__ The Former New York Life Insurance Company Building, also known as the Clock Tower Building, is an office building located at 346 Broadway (with a secondary address of 108 Leonard Street) between Catherine Lane and Leonard Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Built in two stages, from 1868 to 1870 and from 1894 to 1899, it is a New York City Landmark and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.〔, p.34〕 ==History== The New York Life Insurance Company's headquarters building was originally built in 1868-1870. It needed to be expanded eastward to Lafayette Street and Stephen Decatur Hatch was engaged for the job.〔 Hatch designed the extension, but died before construction could be completed.〔, p.83〕 The firm of McKim, Mead & White took over the work, and completed the extension in 1894, following Hatch's design.〔 The company then decided to replace the original building as well, and McKim, Mead & White provided an Italian Renaissance Revival style "palazzo-like" design〔 with a clock tower whose clock was manufactured and installed by the E. Howard Clock Company.〔(346 Broadway Tower Clock )〕 New York Life left for the New York Life Building on Madison Square Park in 1928.〔 In 1967, the City of New York acquired the building and moved several city agencies along with the Criminal Court, Summons Part there. The city retained use of the building until the early 2010s, when it sold the building.〔(Department of Citywide Administrative Services )〕 The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and both the exterior and interior were designated New York City landmarks in 1987 〔 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The building is also included in the ''AIA Guide to New York City''.〔 In January, 2012 workers began scaffolding the clock tower section above the building (around the actual clock). At this point the metal sculpture seen sitting above the clock in older photos is no longer in place. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Former New York Life Insurance Company Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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