New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.)

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The New York World Building was a historic late-19th-century skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that once housed Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World newspaper and was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time of its completion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demolished building
newspaper headquarters
office building
skyscraper
alsoKnownAs Pulitzer Building NERFINISHED
World Building NERFINISHED
architect George B. Post NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Renaissance Revival NERFINISHED
associatedWith Joseph Pulitzer NERFINISHED
yellow journalism era
borough Manhattan
category demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
city New York City
client Joseph Pulitzer NERFINISHED
completionDate 1890
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demolishedFor expansion of the Brooklyn Bridge approaches
demolitionDate 1955
floorCount 20
function editorial offices
newspaper offices
printing plant
hasFeature clock
lantern-topped cupola
large dome
height approximately 309 feet
heightIncludingDome approximately 309 feet
housed New York World newspaper NERFINISHED
locatedIn Lower Manhattan
Manhattan
New York City
New York State NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedNear Frankfort Street NERFINISHED
locatedOn Park Row NERFINISHED
material masonry
steel frame
near Brooklyn Bridge NERFINISHED
City Hall Park NERFINISHED
neighborhood Civic Center, Manhattan NERFINISHED
openingDate 1890
owner New York World NERFINISHED
partOf Newspaper Row, Manhattan NERFINISHED
startDate 1889
usedAs symbol of the New York World newspaper
wasAmong tallest buildings in New York City at time of completion
tallest buildings in the world at time of completion

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Park Row hasBuilding New York World Building (former, nearby on Park Row/Frankfort St.)