Singer Building
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Identification
Name
Singer Building
Emporis Building Number
102519
Location
| Main address |
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| 149-171 Broadway |
| Virtual address |
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| 1-15 Church Street |
| Virtual address |
| 1-27 Cortlandt Street |
| Virtual address |
Address as text
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ZIP
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Block
62
Lot
100004
Neighborhood
District
City
State
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Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (tip)
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Height (architectural)
186.57 m
Height (roof)
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Floors (above ground)
47
Construction start
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Construction end
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Demolition end
1968
Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
demolished [destroyed]Architectural style
second empire
Usages
Main usages
commercial officeFeatures and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
World's tallest building from 1908 - 1909; surpassed by the  Metropolitan Life Tower. |
Tallest building ever to be demolished by a company. Replaced by One Liberty Plaza, originally known as the U.S. Steel Building. |
The Singer Building was constructed from September 1906 to May 1908. |
Plans to enlarge the Singer Company headquarters at Broadway and Liberty Street in lower Manhattan began in 1902 when the sewing machine company purchased properties to the north and west. |
A former design by architect Flagg was a thirty-five story tower, but the Singer company soon decided to nearly double that height with a tower of almost 600 feet. |
The tower was clad in red brick and bluestone. |
One of the reasons the tower was demolished is that it was viewed as obsolete and unprofitable, with its floorplates measuring only 19.5 meters across. |
Companies involved in this building
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Architect: Ernest Flagg Other companies: Otto F. Semsch, Boller & Hodge, General Supply & Construction Company |