Manhattan · NYC landmark
Downtown Athletic Club Building
19 West Street · Manhattan, New York City
A vertical sports club where the award that became the Heisman Trophy began.
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NYFE Summary
Sports facilities were stacked through this tower rather than spread across a large ground-level club. Members could use different floors for exercise, swimming and social rooms.
The club created the award first presented to college football player Jay Berwanger in 1935. It was renamed the Heisman Trophy the following year. The stepped brick exterior marks the former home of that institution; the award ceremony no longer takes place here.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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