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.

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Singer Building canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf skyscraper ⓘ
architect Ernest Flagg ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
early skyscraper ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
completionDate 1908 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1906 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolishedFor construction of One Liberty Plaza ⓘ
demolitionDate 1968 ⓘ
demolitionPeriod 1967–1968 ⓘ
developer Singer Manufacturing Company ⓘ
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 ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Trinity Church ⓘ
Wall Street ⓘ
locatedOn Broadway ⓘ
material masonry cladding ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ
namedAfter Singer Manufacturing Company ⓘ
neighborhood Financial District ⓘ
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 ⓘ
replacedBy One Liberty Plaza ⓘ
roofHeight 187 m ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ
streetAddress 149 Broadway ⓘ
Broadway and Liberty Street ⓘ
surpassedBy Metropolitan Life Tower ⓘ
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.

One Liberty Plaza → formerSiteOf → Singer Building ⓘ
Ernest Flagg → designed → Singer Building ⓘ
Park Row Building → replacedAsTallestBy → Singer Building ⓘ