 The building rises as a tower above the 17th floor, though smaller wings flank the tower's northern and southern facades on the 18th and 19th floors.The rectangular tower is aligned with buildings on Broadway to the east, and so is parallel to Barclay and Vesey Streets.During the design process, Walker had considered plans for "a series of stacked blocks connected by blunt transitions", though this proposal lacked a unified sense of character.