• Marin’s sketches of the Woolworth Building laid the foundations for his watercolors and etchings of the famous building.
  • The Woolworth Building had originally been planned as a 12- to 16-story commercial building but underwent several revisions during its planning process.
  • When it was built in 1913, the Woolworth Building was the tallest in the world until it was replaced in 1930 by the Chrysler Building .
  • Its height is 241 meters, and the number of floors is fifty seven. The Woolworth Building rises on Broadway between Park Place and Barclay Street.
  • One of them is a sculpture of Cass Gilbert, holding a model of the Woolworth Building, and another one features Frank Woolworth paying for his building in coins.
  • Currently, the Woolworth building is expected to turn the top floors of the building into condos by 2015.
  • Woolworth Building reveals $21M spread on the 40th floor. The four-bedroom apartment is the second most expensive in the building for sale right now.
  • Woolworth hired the architect Cass Gilbert, then known primarily for his Beaux-Arts style civic buildings and art museums, to turn this dream into reality.
  • The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City.
  • The Woolworth Building is a 60-story skyscraper located on Broadway in the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York.