Barclay-Vesey Building, 140 West Street, Borough of Manhattan
Subtitle: built 1923-1927, Ralph Walker of McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin, architect : [report]
By: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Contributors: Walker, Ralph, 1889-1973; McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin; Pickart, Margaret M.
Series: Designation list 239 / Landmarks Preservation Commission -- LP-1745
Publisher: The Commission
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Art deco (Architecture); Skyscrapers; Buildings, structures; Buildings; Barclay-Vesey Building (New York, N.Y.); New York Telephone Company
Notes: Report prepared by Margaret M.M. Pickart.

Caption title.

"A pivotal structure in the history of skyscraper architecture ... a prototypical example of ... American Art Deco style"--P. 1.

Designed as a central headquarters for New York Telephone Company, consolidating an equipment and administrative center.

Includes bibliography (p. 16-18)