90 West Street
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West Street Building
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West Street Building before 9/11
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| Location | 90 West St., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′36″N 74°0′53″W / 40.71000°N 74.01472°WCoordinates: 40°42′36″N 74°0′53″W / 40.71000°N 74.01472°W |
| Area | 0.39 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Architect | Cass Gilbert |
| Architectural style | Skyscraper |
| NRHP Reference # | 06001303 |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 2007 |
90 West Street (alternatively West Street Building) is a building in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by architect Cass Gilbert and structural engineer Gunvald Aus for the West Street Improvement Corporation. When completed in 1907, the building's Gothic styling and ornamentation served to emphasize its 23-story height, and foreshadowed Gilbert's later work on the Woolworth Building. Originally built as an office building, the main tenant was the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the top floor was occupied by Garret's Restaurant, which advertised itself as the "world's highest restaurant".
The building is located on West Street between Cedar Street and Albany Street, just south of the World Trade Center, and shares its block with 130 Cedar Street, a shorter, lesser-known building. It had an expansive view of the Hudson River and Jersey City until the World Financial Center was built on the opposite side of West Street in the early 1980s.
In 1998, the building's exterior was designated an architectural landmark by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. In 2006, it received a National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Restoration of the lobby revealed some of Gilbert's original terra cotta work that had been covered over during an earlier modernization project. During this restoration, the copper roof was replaced and replacement gargoyles were added. The building was converted into apartments and reopened on March 7, 2005.
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