Woolworth Building
- Address: 233 Broadway
- Vicinity: Barclay St
- Neighborhood of TriBeCa in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1910/00/00 | Frank Winfield Woolworth | Office | Frank Woolworth commissions the design and construction of the Woolworth Building in New York City. The building is paid for entirely in cash. | |||
| 1912/04/24 | Gunvald Aus | Engineer | Woolworth Building, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1910 and 1912, opens as the world's tallest building. It was surpassed by 40 Wall Street, NYC in 1930. | |||
| 1912/04/24 | F W Woolworth Company | Owner | Woolworth Building, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1910 and 1912, opens as the world's tallest building. It was surpassed by 40 Wall Street, NYC in 1930. | |||
| 1912/04/24 | Cass Gilbert | Architect | Woolworth Building, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1910 and 1912, opens as the world's tallest building. It was surpassed by 40 Wall Street, NYC in 1930. | |||
| 1913/00/00 | Columbia Records | Recording Label | Columbia Records moves into the Woolworth Building and builds a recording studio in edifice. | |||
| 1917/00/00 | Columbia Records | Recording Label | Columbia Records makes a recording of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in their Woolworth Building studio. | |||
| 1930/00/00 | Cary Grant | Life | One cloudy day, Fred Allen takes Leach up to the observation platform of the Woolworth to show that just because he couldn't see his future, it didn't prove it wasn't there. Allen told leach that faith, was the belief in this world and one's place in it. |
| Particulars for Woolworth Building: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Professional |
| Architectural Style | Skyscraper Gothic |
| Architectural Style | Tudor Revival |
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