- New York World Building
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The New York World Building 
Alternative names - Pulitzer Building
- World Building
- The World Building
General information Status Demolished Type Commercial offices Location 99 Park Row
New York City, New YorkCoordinates 40°42′44″N 74°00′19″W / 40.7121°N 74.0053°WCoordinates: 40°42′44″N 74°00′19″W / 40.7121°N 74.0053°W Construction started 1889 Completed 1890 Demolished 1955 Height Antenna spire 106.4 m (349 ft) Roof 94.18 m (309.0 ft) Technical details Floor count 20 Design and construction Architect George B. Post References [1][2][3] The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York City designed by early skyscraper specialist George Browne Post and built in 1890 to house the now-defunct newspaper, The New York World. It was razed in 1955.
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History
Construction of the New York World Building began on October 10, 1889, at 53-63 Park Row, on the corner of Park Row and the now-closed Frankfort Street. The building was completed on December 10, 1890. The claimed height of the building was 20 stories, comparable to 16 or 18 stories by current standards. The New York World Building was also known as the Pulitzer Building after the paper's owner, Joseph Pulitzer, who commissioned it. Pulitzer's private office was on the second level of the dome and looked down on other buildings along the street.
Newspaper Row, circa 1906, World building at left
During the 19th century, many high-rise buildings were constructed by newspaper companies along Park Row, immediately east of the old New York City Hall. This developed into a competition and a race for the tallest. Other contenders included the Tribune Building designed by Richard Morris Hunt (1876), the Potter Building (1886), the Park Row Building (1899), and two other buildings by George Post, the St. Paul Building (1895–1898), and the old Times Building (1889).
The New York World Building was the winner of this competition and the tallest building in New York City for about five years. It was the city's first building to surpass the 284-foot spire of Trinity Church which, at the time, dominated the city's skyline. It was also featured on the cover of the World Almanac from 1890 to 1934.
The World Building was demolished in 1955 for the expanded car ramp entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.
See also
- Buildings and architecture of New York City
- List of skyscrapers
References
- ^ New York World Building at Emporis
- ^ New York World Building at SkyscraperPage
- ^ New York World Building at Structurae
External links
Timeline of tallest buildings in New York City Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (c.1643) · Trinity Church (85 m) (1846) · New York World Building (94 m) (1890) · Manhattan Life Insurance Building (100 m) (1894) · Park Row Building (119 m) (1899) · Singer Building (187 m) (1908) · Metropolitan Life Tower (213 m) (1909) · Woolworth Building (241 m) (1913) · 40 Wall Street (283 m) (1929) · Chrysler Building (320 m) (1930) · Empire State Building (443 m) (1931) · World Trade Center (526 m) (1973) · Empire State Building (443 m) (2001)
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1890
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1955
- Office buildings in New York City
- Demolished buildings and structures in the United States
- Former buildings and structures of New York City
- Skyscrapers in New York City
- Former world's tallest buildings
- Newspaper headquarters
- Media company headquarters in the United States
- New York World
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