Broad Street (ward)

Coordinates: 51°30′58″N 0°05′06″W / 51.5161°N 0.085°W / 51.5161; -0.085

Broad Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London.

History

In medieval times it was divided into ten precincts and contained six churches, of which only two, St. Margaret Lothbury and All Hallows-on-the-Wall now survive:St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was demolished in 1840, St. Benet Fink in 1844, St. Martin Outwich in 1874 and St. Peter-le-Poer in 1907.

The ward's northern boundary along London Wall and Blomfield Street borders Coleman Street ward, before curving to the north-east along Liverpool Street, the division with Bishopsgate. From here, Old Broad Street runs south-west along the border with Cornhill where it joins Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary - to the south of which is the Bank of England in Walbrook ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to Moorgate and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area it also contains two livery halls of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters and Worshipful Company of Drapers. Like many of the City wards it has a social club for people who work in the area, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2006.

550 Broad Street

550 Broad Street is an office building in Newark, New Jersey situated downtown between the Newark Light Rail stations at Washington Park and Atlantic Street.

The Brutalist style building was built in 1966 during the New Newark era by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and the George A. Fuller Company and was once known the Fidelity Union Building, for the company which occupied it. In 2000, the Heritage Capital Group purchased the tower and implemented multimillion-dollar renovation-modernization in 2001, winning the state's Building of the Year award. While Heritage sold 80% interest in 550 Broad Street in 2005, it retains 20 percent ownership and acts as executive operating partner and on-site manager. The company also renovated nearby 570 Broad Street. As of 2012 the major tenant for the building is IDT, which is owner of the nearby Mutual Benefit Life Building.

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15 Broad Street

Coordinates: 40°42′23.763″N 74°0′38.1348″W / 40.70660083°N 74.010593000°W / 40.70660083; -74.010593000

15 Broad Street is a former office building now containing luxury apartments, on the northeast corner of Exchange Place with entrances at 51 Exchange Place and 37 Wall Street in Manhattan. In 1931 it was one of the 20 largest office buildings in the world.

History

Construction: 1928

The building was built for the Equitable Trust Company and was therefore called the Equitable Trust Building. Replacing the Mills Building and another buildings on the previous site, it was completed in 1928. The Equitable Trust Co. was one of the units of the Chase National Bank organizations, back then one of the largest and most powerful banking institutions in the world. The law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell was located in the predecessor building from around 1889 and moved out when it was demolished, but returned to the address into the newly completed building and stayed there until 1959.

American Bank Note Company Building

The American Bank Note Company Building is a historical building located at 70 Broad Street, New York, New York (at the corner of Beaver Street, near Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan).

Description

The building is a New York City landmark built by architects Kirby, Petit & Green. It is a neo-classical five-story structure with 20,000 square feet consisting of office space and luxury apartments on the upper floors. According to a New York City realtor, the building is a residential, office, retail or mixed-use building. Another Bank Note Company building, also a designated NYC Landmark, on Garrison Avenue in the Bronx borough of New York City, was the company's printing plant until the 1960s.

History

It was built in 1908 as the home of the American Bank Note Company, a leading engraving company which produced bank notes, currency and stock certificates. The building was sold in 1988 The Bank of Tokyo sold the building in 1995 and in 1996 it was remodeled into a restaurant and was given historical landmark status in 1997. It was purchased for USD$5.5m in 2004 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's organization, the Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) and required $4.9 million in renovations. It was sold to an unnamed Chinese construction and investment company for $18 million in 2010.