28 Liberty Street

Manhattan, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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A 60-story International Style skyscraper completed in 1961, 28 Liberty Street (formerly One Chase Manhattan Plaza) stands 248 meters tall in Manhattan's Financial District. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the building was conceived by David Rockefeller to consolidate Chase Manhattan Bank's operations following a merger. The tower occupies only 28 percent of its 2.5-acre site, with a perimeter and core steel column structure that maximizes interior space, and is clad in stainless steel with black spandrels. Its modernist plaza features a sunken Japanese rock garden designed by Isamu Noguchi. The building opened nearly fully occupied with 7,500 employees across its above-ground stories, concourse, and five basement levels, though notably contained only 150 private offices. Designated a New York City Landmark in 2008, the structure was sold to Fosun International in 2013.