The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York City. The building was designed by George Browne Post, one of the pioneer of the skyscraper architecture. It was completed in 1890 and was at the time the tallest building of the city and the tallest skyscraper in the world. The building housed the former newspaper The New York World. In 1955 it broke down. History
On October 10, 1889, the construction of the New York World Building began at the corner of Park Row and Frankfort Street. The building was completed on December 10, 1890. The building had twenty floors and was also known as the Pulitzer Building, derived from Joseph Pulitzer, the owner of the New York World, who commissioned construction. Pulitzer's office was located on the second floor of the dome. Park Row met links het New York World Building.
At the end of the nineteenth century, several skyscrapers were built by newspapers at the Park Row, just east of New York City Hall. The street was soon known as the Newspaper Row. The construction of all those skyscrapers developed into a contest for the tallest building. The New York World Building won this "match" and was the tallest building in New York for four years. It was the first building in the city that was higher than the Tower of the Trinity Church.
The New York World Building was broken down in 1955 to create space for the widened driveway of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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