Singer Building
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The Singer Building was a historic early skyscraper in New York City, once among the tallest buildings in the world before its demolition in the late 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Singer Building canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | Ernest Flagg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
early skyscraper ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demolishedFor | construction of One Liberty Plaza ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| demolitionPeriod | 1967–1968 ⓘ |
| developer | Singer Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floorCount | 47 ⓘ |
| function |
corporate headquarters
ⓘ
office use ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
narrow tower rising from a broader base
ⓘ
ornate copper-clad dome ⓘ setback tower design ⓘ |
| height |
187 m
ⓘ
612 ft ⓘ |
| heldTitle | world’s tallest building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear |
Trinity Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wall Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
masonry cladding
ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Singer Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Financial District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the tallest building ever demolished at the time
ⓘ
early use of steel-frame skyscraper construction ⓘ its distinctive slender tower and dome ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| owner | Singer Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | One Liberty Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofHeight | 187 m ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| streetAddress |
149 Broadway
ⓘ
Broadway and Liberty Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surpassedBy | Metropolitan Life Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleEndDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| titleStartDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| wasAmongTallestBuildings | true ⓘ |
| wasWorldsTallestBuilding | true ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.