- 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.
- Değerlendirme: 5,0 / 55,0 Рейтинг магазина в ЯндексеDesigned by renowned architect Cass Gilbert to be Frank W. Woolworth’s NYC headquarters, New York’s The Woolworth Building was completed in...
- 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.
- Upon opening in 1913 the Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street in 1930.
- In 1913 the Woolworth building was one of the tallest building in the world measuring 60 stories high and 792 feet above the ground (Totten & National Trust, 2015)..
- 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)...
- 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...
- Today, over a century later, while eclipsed in size, Cass Gilbert's elegant Gothic Renaissance Woolworth Building remains a much-loved feature of the...
- Designed by the renowned architect Cass Gilbert in 1913 to be Frank W. Woolworth’s NYC headquarters, the Woolworth Building was the tallest in the world...