- Woolworth wanted the tower to rival the Singer Building in SoHo. The building was then slated to be a 45-story tower cruising 550 feet.
- 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.
- 14. The Woolworth Building was officially opened in April of 1913. On April 24, 1913, a massive reception was held on the building’s 27th floor.
- Today, over a century later, while eclipsed in size, Cass Gilbert's elegant Gothic Renaissance Woolworth Building remains a much-loved feature of the...
- If you don‘t want to know EVERYTHING about the history of the building and the Woolworth founder, it’s not worth the $ 32.
- 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.
- When the neo-Gothic Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway was erected in 1913 as the world’s tallest building, it cost a total of $13.5 million to construct.
- The Woolworth Building is unusual among skyscrapers for having been financed in cash. Its owner was five and dime king, Frank W. Woolworth, who in 1910...
- The building’s construction was a media phenomenon, and Woolworth was surely pleased with its critical reception and popularity.
- The Woolworth Building, which originally served as the company’s New York City headquarters, was the world’s tallest building for 17 years.