Woolworth Building Entrance

by James Aiken

Title

Woolworth Building Entrance

Artist

James Aiken

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Photograph - Photography

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The ornate and grand entrance to the historic landmark Woolworth Building in Lower Manhattan of New York City. Rendered in historic black and white.

The Woolworth Building was designed in the neo-Gothic style by the architect Cass Gilbert, whom Frank Woolworth commissioned in 1910 to design a 20-story office building as the F. W. Woolworth Company's new corporate headquarters on Broadway, between Park Place and Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan, opposite City Hall. Originally designed to be 420 feet (130 m) high, the building was eventually elevated to 792 feet (241 m). At its opening, the Woolworth Building was 60 stories tall and had over 5,000 windows with a construction cost of US$13.5 million. On completion, the Woolworth building topped the record set by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower as the world's tallest building. The building opened on April 24, 1913 and President Woodrow Wilson turned the lights on by way of a button in Washington, D.C. that evening. Given its resemblance to European Gothic cathedrals, the structure was called "The Cathedral of Commerce" by the Reverend S. Parkes Cadman in a booklet of the same title published in 1916. It remained the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building in 1930; an observation deck on the 57th floor attracted visitors until 1941. (Information obtained from Wikipedia)

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March 4th, 2015

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