Talk:Barclay–Vesey Building

Readability Suggestion
Hopefully not coming off as too picky, but the oft repeated use of the phrase "the Barclay–Vesey Building" throughout this excellent article is a bit distracting. Wouldn't the phrase "the building" suffice?

Incidentally, I ended up here after seeing an image from a January 8, 1924 newspaper (The New Britain Herald) wherein the skeletal hull of a ship was uncovered during "this building's" foundation-excavation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.179.107 (talk) 23:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Good point; thanks for your feedback. I've reduced the repetition of the building's name. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:30, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Actual cost of 9/11?
How much of the building's restoration cost was due to damage caused by the attacks, vs. work that was planned to be done anyway? Robert K S 11:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what specific work was planned, but looking at photos , the building was a complete mess and required full renovation.  Whatever was planned was now required anyway.  My understanding of the costs being so high has to do with the amount of manual work, bringing in people who can carve the designs in the facade, restore the interior artwork, etc., in addition to structural work and general renovations.  Also, restoration of the telecommunications equipments.  Will try and find sources to detail all this more. --Aude (talk) 14:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Verizon?
I assume that's the name of the current owner? Any idea what it was called previously? Ingolfson 12:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The building was originally known as the "Barclay-Vesey Building". I think it was also known as the "New York Telephone Company building".  New York Telephone Company somehow became part of Verizon, through the mergers and acquisitions that happened. --Aude (talk) 14:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

NYNEX HQ?
Wasn't 1095 Avenue of Americas the headquarters from 1986 to 1997? Jim.henderson (talk) 15:07, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 6 October 2015

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Not Moved Mike Cline (talk) 10:13, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Verizon Building → Walker Tower – Walker Tower is already a redirect here, so an admin would have to delete the redirect first before a move can be made. The Verizon Building has been renamed Walker Tower, as can be seen in the following articles 1, 2 and 3. Grump International (talk) 20:41, 6 October 2015 (UTC)


 *  You've got the wrong building . The Verizon Building which was renamed the Walker Tower when it was converted to residences is the one on West 17th Street and 18th Streets in Chelsea.   The one this article is about used to be called the Barclay-Vesey Building and is in Tribeca, across West Street from Battery Park City.   It was designed by the same architect, but is  not the building that has been renamed the "Walker Tower". BMK (talk) 21:00, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the redirect to point to the architect's article. BMK (talk) 21:00, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, excellent, thank you! Grump International (talk) 23:22, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You might want to formally withdraw the RM request so it can be closed. BMK (talk) 23:24, 6 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Shortened footnotes
Thanks for the footnote fixes. Regarding this edit, I was wrong because there were two Walker 1926 references; all of these, except the page 323 Telephone Review reference, were to Walker 1926b. All of the Telephone Review articles on this page, however, are from the same issue, including Walker 1926a. I will have to investigate this more in detail, either by going to the library and reviewing them again, or alternatively waiting for the sources to become public domain at the beginning of next year. In any case, the edits are much appreciated - that March 25, 2021, edit summary of mine was inaccurate, and my others should have been talk page comments instead. Epicgenius (talk) 15:50, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Verizon bldg
Ok Is veri,on stl in the building 2600:1014:B1A3:50AD:8971:1E9C:BD51:D278 (talk) 07:59, 3 March 2022 (UTC)