40 Wall Street, Art Deco skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, United States.
40 Wall Street is a 70-story neo-Gothic skyscraper at 927 feet (283 m) tall, with a limestone lower facade and buff-colored brick upper stories. Its shaft is divided by vertical stone piers and narrow windows, and the building steps back near the top into a steep pyramidal copper roof with a spire.
The tower was completed in 1930 as the headquarters for the Bank of Manhattan Trust and briefly held the title of tallest building in the world. Four days later, the Chrysler Building surpassed it, and both were overtaken the following year by the Empire State Building.
The building is named for its address at 40 Wall Street, and since 1996 it has also been called the Trump Building after the Trump Organization's renovation. Its nickname recalls the 1930 race for the world's tallest building, when the Chrysler Building's hidden 56-meter steel spire was raised at the last moment to surpass it.
The tower is located a few minutes' walk from several subway stations and can be reached through the main entrance on Wall Street. The lobby areas are open to visitors during regular business hours, though access to the office floors remains restricted.
In 1946, a small military plane crashed into the northern facade, killing five people on board but causing no injuries inside the building. The tower is now a protected landmark and one of the few skyscrapers from this era that have retained their original lobby and facade details.
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