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American International Building
70 Pine Street, Financial District
New York City NY United States
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| Status: |
built |
| Construction Dates |
| Began |
1930 |
| Finished |
1932 |
| Floor Count |
66 |
| Floors to Floor |
4 m |
| Elevator Count |
36 |
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| Building Uses |
| - office |
| Structural Types |
| - highrise |
| Architectural Style |
| - art deco |
| Materials |
| - glass |
| - masonry |
| - steel |
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Heights |
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Value |
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Source / Comments |
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Spire |
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290.2 m |
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Emporis.com |
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Roof |
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259.1 m |
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Emporis.com |
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Description
Companies
- Architect: Clinton & Russell, Holton & George
- Main Tenant: American International Group (AIG)
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Facts & Description
- World Headquarters of the American International Group, now usually referred to as AIG.
- This building was built for the Cities Service Company, a utility business. Cities Service later became CITGO. It sold the building to American International in 1976 when it moved its headquarters to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- The building has an small but sumptuous enclosed glass observatory just under its spire on the 66th floor, as well as an open-air viewing platform just below it. However, both the platform and observatory are now closed to the public, and can only be accessed by AIG executives and employees.
- This building makes an appearance at the end of the movie "Spiderman", though it has been "moved" to Midtown for the scene.
- After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks, the American International building is now once again the tallest building in Lower Manhattan.
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