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Constructed, 1969
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Addition, 1977
Renovation, 2013
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The vertical window slits of the glass walls are misaligned so that all the adjacent windows are at a different height,
The facade forms an alternating zig-zag pattern
At over 41 stories, it is the tallest federal building in the United States.
A western addition, first announced on "inadvertently acquired land" in 1965, was built in 1975–77
To the east of the main building is the James L. Watson Court of International Trade Building.
Agencies located in the building include the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, and the General Services Administration.
A 41-storey glass-walled slab facing east that is partly "wrapped" around a core that faces Broadway.
Originally the facade facing Broadway was a windowless wall of exposed concrete
In 1976 an extension by the same architects brought offices also to the western portion.
The exterior is clad in gray Alabama limestone panels, black Minnesota granite panels, and glass
The facade elements are arranged in an irregular checkerboard pattern.
On the triangular plaza in front of the building is the eight-storey Customs Courthouse as a black glass cube that is elevated on two white vertical "plates" that slice through the cube.
United States Court of International Trade
Entrance canopy
On the interior, the main entrance lobby is clad in marble, while the elevator lobbies are clad in Vermont marble and floors are covered with terrazzo.
Marble and wood-panel walls in the courtrooms and mosaic-tile walls in the elevator lobbies.
Courtroom interiors
Marble and wood-panel walls in the courtrooms
Seymour Fogel's colorful geometric mosaic Metropolis (1967) is in the lobby
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