| Jacob K. Javits Federal Building | |
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.jpg) Jacob K. Javits Federal Building | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 26 Federal Plaza New York, NY, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′54″N 74°0′13″W / 40.71500°N 74.00361°W |
| Named for | Jacob K. Javits |
| Groundbreaking | 1963 |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Renovated | 1975–77 |
| Client | Multiple, including United States Department of Homeland Security |
| Owner | General Services Administration |
| Height | 587 ft (179 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 41 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Alfred Easton Poor Kahn & Jacobs[1] |
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building is a U.S. governmental office building at 26 Federal Plaza on Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. At 41 stories, it is the tallest federal building in the United States. It was built in 1963–69 and was designed by Alfred Easton Poor and Kahn & Jacobs, with Eggers & Higgins as associate architects. A western addition, first announced on "inadvertently acquired land" in 1965,[2] was built in 1975–77 and was designed by Kahn & Jacobs, The Eggers Partnership and Poor & Swanke.[1] The building is named for Jacob K. Javits, who served as a United States Senator from New York for 24 years, from 1957 to 1981.
The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10278; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019[update].[3] The building falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Federal Protective Service for any and all law enforcement and protection issues. To the east of the main building is the James L. Watson Court of International Trade Building.
- ^ a b White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
- ^ "New Federal Office Building: A Capital in Microcosm". The New York Times. August 29, 1968. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2019). "Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious". amNewYork. Retrieved July 8, 2022.