200 West Street, Corporate headquarters in Battery Park City, US
200 West Street is a 44-story office tower in Battery Park City featuring a curved glass facade oriented toward the Hudson River and standing 228 meters tall. Inside, it offers six open trading floors without interior columns, multiple elevators, and on-site amenities including a fitness center.
Goldman Sachs received large subsidies from New York City and state officials, and construction began in 2005; the first spade was turned on 29 November 2005. Workers moved in late in 2009, and the project was finished in 2010 at a cost of $2.1 billion. The topping-out ceremony had been held in December 2008.
The covered walkway between the tower and the Conrad New York hotel is officially North End Way but nicknamed "Goldman Alley". It is 30 feet wide, lined with shops and restaurants, and carries an 11,000-square-foot slanted glass and metal canopy by Preston Scott Cohen. In 2012 The New York Times critic Michael Kimmelman called the space one of the best new works of architecture in New York.
The complex is easily accessible from Battery Park City and sits near the Hudson River waterfront. Be aware that certain interior areas may have restricted access due to building security requirements.
The curved western facade was not purely aesthetic: zoning rules required a preserved sightline of the Hudson River from the World Financial Center. Henry N. Cobb argued that a curve arranged the office floors more efficiently than a diagonal slice, and the facade also carries incisions aligned with Murray and Vesey Streets.
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