 Calvin Tsao, partner of TsAO &amp; McKOWN Architects, discusses his firm's work on the interior of Cipriani Wall Street (55 Wall Street). 

<p>The original building was topped by a dome rising 124 feet (38&nbsp;m).&nbsp;The dome was 80 feet (24&nbsp;m) wide and had a height of 90 feet (27&nbsp;m) above the main exchange floor; it was supported by "eight&nbsp;pilasters&nbsp;of fine variegated Italian marble". The original structure, with its dome, was the most prominent part of the Lower Manhattan skyline in the early 19th century.</p><p>The addition in 1907 included removing the dome and top story; adding five floors and a second colonnade.&nbsp;The first floor was also lowered slightly to resemble a basement, so that the actual basement would be labeled as a subbasement.</p>

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