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TEI Group awarded contract to modernize 5 elevators at 253 Broadway
TEI Group to modernize 5 elevators: 4 Overhead Gearless Passenger Elevators and 1 Service Elevator.
The corner building, 253 Broadway, was built by the Brooklyn-based Home Life Insurance Company, which had a branch office at the site since 1866.
The company held a competition for the design of a new Manhattan office in 1892. The result was Pierre Le Brun's Renaissance-style marble-clad building, an early steel-skeleton-framed skyscraper. The building is a fine example of the tripartite expression of high-rise design, with its ornate arcaded base, simple shaft, and impressive pyramidal crown. Adjacent to the former Home Life building is Harding & Gooch's Postal Telegraph Building, erected for a major competitor of Western Union. In 1947, Home Life purchased the neighboring structure and connected the two buildings internally.
The building is a cooperative, owned jointly with the City, which houses various offices on the upper floors. The basement and street levels are privately owned.
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