City Investing Building

Manhattan, United States

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

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The City Investing Building was a 148-meter office skyscraper in Manhattan's Financial District, designed by architect Francis H. Kimball and completed in 1908. Located on Cortlandt Street between Church Street and Broadway, the structure rose 32 stories above Broadway and 33 stories above Church Street, with its bulk comprising 26 stories capped by a seven-story central portion featuring gable roofs in Romanesque Revival style. Its asymmetrical F-shaped footprint included a light court and a Broadway wing that wrapped around the neighboring Gilsey Building, while a massive lobby spanned between the two streets. Upon opening, it housed approximately 12 acres of floor area, making it one of New York's largest office buildings at the time. The building changed hands several times, including sale to financier Grigori Benenson in 1919 and subsequent ownership shifts in the 1930s. It was demolished in 1968 alongside the Singer Building to clear space for One Liberty Plaza.