WHEN it opened a store this month at 37 Wall Street in the financial district of Manhattan, Tiffany & Company was coming back to the old neighborhood. It was just around the corner, on Broadway, that the luxury jeweler was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and a partner.

The new branch is housed in the former Trust Company of America bank, a 25-story structure built in 1907; the choice of the historic building was a nod to Tiffany’s roots in the area. But within the marble-clad interior, the architect George Yabu, a principal of the Yabu Pushelberg firm based in Toronto, has created a shimmering contemporary emporium that is a departure from other Tiffany stores.

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