Wall Street Skyscrapers

Wall Street from Nassau Street (left) / Broad Street (right) to South Street. , looking from roof of Irving Trust building. The East River is in the background Photograph dated May 4, 1938, taken by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). Source: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) / NYPL.

Photo shows skyscrapers and historic buildings on Wall Street. On the northwest corner of Wall and Nassau streets (left), stands the neoclassical Bankers Trust Company Building. On the northeast corner, is the former Sub-Treasury, designated the Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site in 1939. The Manhattan Company Building at 40 Wall Street was completed in 1930. The 34-story 120 Wall Street, between Pine and South streets, was completed in 1930.