Cathedral of Commerce

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The "Cathedral of Commerce" is a nickname for New York City's Woolworth Building, a pioneering early 20th-century Gothic Revival skyscraper that symbolized the rise of modern corporate capitalism.

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Cathedral of Commerce canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building nickname ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cathedral of Commerce of New York ⓘ
appliesTo Woolworth Building ⓘ
associatedWithArchitect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
associatedWithBorough Manhattan ⓘ
associatedWithBuildingType skyscraper ⓘ
associatedWithCity New York City ⓘ
associatedWithCompany F. W. Woolworth Company ⓘ
associatedWithEconomicTheme consumer culture ⓘ
corporate headquarters architecture ⓘ
associatedWithFunction office building ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry retail ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Progressive Era United States ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
associatedWithPerson Frank W. Woolworth ⓘ
coinedFor Woolworth Building ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
neo-Gothic ⓘ
hasCompletionEra early 20th century ⓘ
hasCulturalRole icon of New York City architecture ⓘ
landmark of American skyscraper design ⓘ
hasDesignInspiration European Gothic cathedrals ⓘ
hasMetaphoricalMeaning church-like monument to commerce ⓘ
refersTo Woolworth Building ⓘ
symbolizes commercial power ⓘ
corporate capitalism in the United States ⓘ
early 20th-century skyscraper era ⓘ
rise of modern corporate capitalism ⓘ
usedFor marketing of the Woolworth Building ⓘ
usedIn architectural history literature ⓘ
cultural criticism about capitalism ⓘ
urban history discourse ⓘ

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

Woolworth Building → nicknamed → Cathedral of Commerce ⓘ
F. W. Woolworth Company → WoolworthBuildingNickname → Cathedral of Commerce ⓘ