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- ...who pushed the on switch from Washington, D.C. Since the demise of the Woolworth Company in the ’90s, the building has passed hands to property...
- Today, over a century later, while eclipsed in size, Cass Gilbert's elegant Gothic Renaissance Woolworth Building remains a much-loved feature of the...
- Upon opening in 1913 the Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street in 1930.
- The construction of the Woolworth Building was a major achievement at the time, and it was widely celebrated as a symbol of the city’s progress and power.
- 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.
- 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.
- For now, though, "The building was owned by the Woolworth company for 85 years until 1998, when the Venator Group (formerly the F. W. Woolworth Company)...
- Designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert to be Frank W. Woolworth’s NYC headquarters, New York’s The Woolworth Building was completed in...
- The Woolworth building, built in 1913 was owned by the Woolworth company for 85 years until 1998, when the Venator Group (aka Woolworth’s...