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Singer Building
 

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View from the 71st floor of the Bank of Manhattan in 1964 - - (138773)
(c) Frank Gerlak
 
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View east across the Hudson River from Jersey City - - (485770)
(c) Ben M. Cahill
 
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Identification
Official name Singer Building
Emporis Building Number 102519
NYC Building ID Number *
 
Location
Address *
Bordering street #1 Broadway
Bordering street #2 Church Street
Bordering street #3 Cortlandt Street
Bordering street #4 Liberty Plaza
Postcode *
Exact Latitude *
Exact Longitude *
Location Map (POI) *
Block Number *
Lot Number *
Neighborhood Financial District
Borough Manhattan
City New York City
State New York
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (tip) *
Height (struct.) 187 m 612 ft
Height (roof) *
Floors (OG) 47
Construction start *
Construction end 1908
Destruction *
 
Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
Architectural style *
Status demolished

Facts
- Tallest building ever to be demolished by a company. Replaced by One Liberty Plaza-One Liberty Plaza], originally known as the U.S. Steel Building.
- World's tallest building from 1908 - 1909; surpassed by the Metropolitan Life Tower-Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower].
- 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: General Supply & Construction Company, Boller & Hodge, Otto F. Semsch.