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Identification
Name
Singer Building
Emporis Building ID
102519
Location
Main address
149-171 Broadway
Virtual address
1-15 Church Street
Virtual address
1-27 Cortlandt Street
Virtual address
1 Liberty Plaza
Address as text
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ZIP
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Block
62
Lot
100004
Neighborhood
Financial District
District
Manhattan
City
New York City
State
New York
Country
U.S.A.
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 office
Features 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

architect: Ernest Flagg

Other companies:
Otto F. Semsch, Boller & Hodge, General Supply & Construction Company
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