In order to construct his namesake tower in 1980 trump razed the bonwit teller building a 1929 art deco structure by warren wetmore the same architects who designed grand central station. The face of the building featured two huge art deco friezes that. To build his skyscraper trump first had to knock down the bonwit teller building a luxurious limestone building erected in 1929.
See more ideas about art deco buildings tellers city art. Oct 17 2017 explore frank benson s board bonwit teller on pinterest. The art deco structure was built in 1929 by whitney warren and charles.
In 1979 trump acquired a building at 56th street and fifth avenue that previously housed the women s retailer bonwit teller. Developer scraps bonwit sculptures two stone bas relief sculptures high on the façade of the bonwit teller building under demolition on fifth avenue pieces that had been sought with enthusiasm by the metropolitan museum of art were smashed by jackhammer yesterday on the orders of a real estate developer. How donald trump destroyed an art deco treasure by steve madeja on august 16 2017 leave a comment donald trump may occupy the white house but after a weekend of supporting neo nazis and white supremacists he returned to his real seat of power trump tower.
The bonwit teller building.
