The building at 1 Wall Street Court in Manhattan, also known as The Beaver Building and The Cocoa Exchange (as the former home of the New York Cocoa Exchange) is a triangular-shaped building reminiscent of the Flatiron Building. The building, designed by Clinton and Russell and completed in 1904, is located at the intersection of Wall Street, Pearl Street, and Beaver Street.
Circa 2006, the building underwent conversion to become a residential condominium.
Famous quotes containing the words wall, street and/or court:
“A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.”
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“The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.”
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—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)