55 Liberty Street (Liberty Tower)
55 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005
- Year built
- 1909
55 Liberty Street (Liberty Tower) is the first FiDi office-to-cooperative conversion — Henry Ives Cobb's 1909 Gothic Revival skyscraper converted by Joseph Pell Lombardi in 1979-80 to one of the very first residential cooperatives in the Financial District. Among FiDi's earliest residential pioneering buildings.
The structural identity rests on three features. First, the first-FiDi-office-to-coop-conversion pedigree — 1979-80. Second, the Henry Ives Cobb Gothic Revival architectural pedigree — Cobb's broader body of work includes substantial late-19th-century / early-20th-century commercial residential commissions. Third, the terracotta gargoyles ornamenting the Gothic Revival facade — among the most architecturally distinctive Gothic Revival commercial buildings in NYC.
What to know if you’re buying
The first-FiDi-coop-conversion pedigree is structurally distinguishing. 1979-80 — one of the earliest residential conversions in the Financial District.
The Henry Ives Cobb Gothic Revival architectural pedigree is real institutional context.
The NYC landmark + National Register dual designation provides the most stringent exterior protection.
The terracotta gargoyles ornamenting the facade are real architectural-history credentials.
The 87-unit boutique cooperative configuration supports operational intimacy.
Roebling cross-references the offering plan through the Real Estate Library during diligence.
Comparable buildings
- 1 Wall Street Court (Cocoa Exchange) — Clinton & Russell 1904 / 2006 conversion; nearby FiDi landmark peer
- 3 Hanover Square (Cotton Exchange) — Donn Barber 1922-23 / 1985 coop conversion; nearby FiDi coop peer
- 25 Broad Street (The Broad Exchange) — Clinton & Russell 1902 / 2019 conversion; nearby Broad Street landmark peer
- Cipriani Club Residences (55 Wall) — McKim Mead & White 1907-10; nearby Wall Street landmark peer
- 1 Wall Street — Walker / Macklowe 2023; nearby FiDi trophy peer
The Roebling Team at Liberty Tower
Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com
Sources: CityRealty (Carter Horsley review); Corcoran building page; The Real Deal; 6sqft; Wikipedia (Liberty Tower); NYC LPC designation report; National Register of Historic Places designation; Henry Ives Cobb firm history; Joseph Pell Lombardi; Roebling Real Estate Library cross-reference; NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers.