Manhattan · NYC landmark
Consolidated Edison Building
4 Irving Place · Manhattan, New York City
Learn how a utility headquarters used clocks, a lantern and memorial symbols to make electric light part of the skyline.
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NYFE Summary
The gas company assembled its headquarters in stages, then added a tower intended to represent electric light and honor employees killed in World War I. Torches, urns and a large lantern gave those purposes a visible form. The building remains the utility’s headquarters.
Clock faces sit below a columned chamber inspired by the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Corner obelisks frame its roof. At street level, the earlier wings combine large arches, porticos and deeply cut stonework.
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