52:, in 1881. The structure, designed by J. C. Cady of the then-separate city of New York, replaced four brick buildings on Court Street and three on Remsen Street. The Garfield Building was eight stories high and measured 121.5 ft (37.0 m) high, with a clock tower at the corner of Court and Remsen Streets. It was designed in the
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chain for $ 1.3 million and announced plans in 1924 to construct a 26-story building on the site for $ 4 million. The developer, the 26 Court Street
Corporation, filed a lawsuit later that year, which sought to overturn an old covenant that banned development within 8 ft (2.4 m) of the
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