Woolworth Building

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historic landmark office building skyscraper

The Woolworth Building is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City, once the world's tallest building and a landmark of early 20th-century architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Woolworth Building canonical 12

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic landmark ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Gothic
completionDate 1913 ⓘ
constructionCost 13,500,000 US dollars ⓘ
1913 dollars ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1910 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer Woolworth ⓘ
surface form: F. W. Woolworth Company
elevatorCount 34 ⓘ
engineer Trowbridge & Livingston ⓘ
surface form: Trowbridge & Livingston (consulting)
features gargoyles ⓘ
marble lobby ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
ornate Gothic detailing ⓘ
stained glass ⓘ
steel frame structure ⓘ
terra cotta cladding ⓘ
floorArea approximately 1,000,000 square feet ⓘ
approximately 93,000 square meters ⓘ
floorCount 57 ⓘ
formerTallestBuildingInTheWorld true ⓘ
height 241 meters ⓘ
792 feet ⓘ
heldTallestBuildingInTheWorldFrom 1913 ⓘ
heldTallestBuildingInTheWorldUntil 1930 ⓘ
landmarkDesignation New York City Landmark ⓘ
landmarkDesignationDate 1983 ⓘ
laterUse office space ⓘ
residential condominiums ⓘ
location Lower Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
namedAfter Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1966 ⓘ
nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesStatus National Historic Landmark ⓘ
neighborhood Tribeca ⓘ
nicknamed Cathedral of Commerce ⓘ
openingDate 1913-04-24 ⓘ
originalPrimaryUse corporate headquarters of F. W. Woolworth Company ⓘ
overlooks City Hall Park ⓘ
owner The Witkoff Group ⓘ
roofHeight 233 meters ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
streetAddress 233 Broadway ⓘ
structuralEngineer Gunvald Aus ⓘ
surpassedBy 40 Wall Street ⓘ
Chrysler Building ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cass Gilbert → notableWork → Woolworth Building ⓘ
Cass Gilbert → designed → Woolworth Building ⓘ
New York City Hall → nearby → Woolworth Building ⓘ
Frank Winfield Woolworth → hasSignatureBuilding → Woolworth Building ⓘ
Frank Winfield Woolworth → commissioned → Woolworth Building ⓘ
Manhattan skyline → featuresLandmark → Woolworth Building ⓘ
City Hall Park → surroundedBy → Woolworth Building ⓘ
City Hall Park → hasView → Woolworth Building ⓘ
Cass Gilbert & Partners → notableWork → Woolworth Building ⓘ
New York City Subway City Hall–Broadway station (R,W) → nearbyLandmark → Woolworth Building ⓘ
subject surface form: City Hall–Broadway station
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower → surpassedBy → Woolworth Building ⓘ
Woolworth family → associatedWith → Woolworth Building ⓘ