Excerpt from Port of New York Authority 1933 annual report
The year 1933 marked the first complete year of operation of Union Inland Station No. 1, located in the Port Authority Commerce Building, the initial step in carrying out
Thanks, wanswheel. I’ve enjoyed your building threads about cool NYC buildings, and am looking forward to the development of this one.
Of note, it was the largest building in NYC by floor area until 1963. It is interesting that it was so close to the High Line but wasn’t served directly.
Thanks North West.
Excerpt from Wired, Dec. 22, 2010
http://www.wired.com/2010/12/google-nyc/
Google is down with New York City.
So down, in fact, that the web search titan just dropped $1.9 billion to acquire one of the largest and most historic buildings in all of the Big Apple. At nearly 3 million square feet, 111 Eighth Avenue, the former Port Authority building, sits like a beached, red-brick cruise ship overlooking New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. The building is so big, in fact, that it has elevators large enough to accommodate 18-wheel semi-trucks.
And yes, that’s a helicopter landing pad on the roof.<