PRESENTATION
Introduction to the 1 Wall Street Banking Room interior designation
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Margaret Herman from the Landmarks Preservation Commission introduces the presentation on the recent designation of the 1 Wall Street Banking Room interior as a landmark. She provides context about the building's completion in 1931 and its significance as an interior landmark.
- The banking room, known as the Red Room, was a collaboration between architect Ralph Walker and muralist Hildreth Meière
- Only 123 interior landmarks have been designated throughout the LPC's history.
- The public hearing on May 14, 2024, received support from various stakeholders, including the building's owner and community board 1.
Margaret Herman
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Good morning to your Hanks and sub committee members.
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My name is Margaret Herman, deputy director of research at the Landmark's Preservation Commission.
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Thank you for the opportunity to present our recent designation of the 1 Wall Street Banking Room interior.
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Next slide.
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Completed in 1931, the banking room of One Wall Street was conceived by architect Ralph Walker and muralist Hildreth Meir as the impressive reception room and banking hall of the Irving Trust Company.
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This extraordinary, elaborately tiled space known as the Red Room, was the first of several interior collaborations between Miera and Walker.
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LPC's designated interior landmarks are special places that must be customarily open or accessible to the public.
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The commission has only designated 123 interior landmarks throughout its history.
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At the public hearing on May 14 2024, the building's owner and community board 1 spoke in favor of the designation as did representatives of the International Hildreth Mirror Association, the Art Deco Society, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and the Historic District's Council.
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No one spoke in opposition to the designation.
