Palais Equitable
The Palais Equitable was built for The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and its façade carried American eagle motifs as a visible link between Vienna and American finance. Designed by Andreas Streit and constructed between 1887 and 1891, it rose on the site of five small medieval buildings, demolished between 1856 and 1886 to help expand Kärntner Straße. One exterior corner incorporated the medieval Stock im Eisen nail-tree—kept in a glass niche on the Kärntner Straße corner—while bronze reliefs by Rudolf Weyr on the main doors traced the history of the site. The interior was fitted out with marble from Hallein and granite from Saxony, and it featured a glass-covered courtyard clad in tile and maiolica. After damage in World War II, the building was restored in 1949, and the entrance area was renovated by Rüdiger Lainer in 1997. …
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