Manhattan Life Insurance Building
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The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a pioneering early skyscraper in New York City and one of the tallest office buildings of its time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manhattan Life Insurance Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9830457 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manhattan Life Insurance Building Context triple: [New York World Building, surpassedBy, Manhattan Life Insurance Building]
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Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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Woolworth Building
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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C.
New York Life Building
The New York Life Building is a historic skyscraper in Manhattan known for its distinctive gilded pyramidal roof and role as the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company.
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D.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
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E.
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is a famous triangular early skyscraper in Manhattan, renowned as an iconic symbol of New York City’s architectural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manhattan Life Insurance Building Target entity description: The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a pioneering early skyscraper in New York City and one of the tallest office buildings of its time.
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A.
Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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B.
Woolworth Building
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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C.
New York Life Building
The New York Life Building is a historic skyscraper in Manhattan known for its distinctive gilded pyramidal roof and role as the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company.
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D.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
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E.
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is a famous triangular early skyscraper in Manhattan, renowned as an iconic symbol of New York City’s architectural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | office building ⓘ |
| architect |
Charles C. Kimball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Kramer Thompson ⓘ Kimball & Thompson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Renaissance Revival
ⓘ
early skyscraper ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| demolitionDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| developer | Manhattan Life Insurance Company ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
corner tower
ⓘ
elevators ⓘ fireproof construction ⓘ ornamental cupola ⓘ |
| height |
106 m
ⓘ
348 ft ⓘ |
| historicSignificance |
example of late 19th‑century high‑rise office design
ⓘ
pioneering early skyscraper in New York City ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| materialUsed |
masonry cladding
ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Manhattan Life Insurance Company ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Financial District ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 18 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| owner | Manhattan Life Insurance Company ⓘ |
| partOf | Lower Manhattan skyline ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
1 Wall Street
ⓘ
Irving Trust Company Building ⓘ
linked to:
J. P. Morgan & Co. Building
|
| roofCount | 18 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1893 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 66 Broadway ⓘ |
| surpassed | New York World Building ⓘ |
| surpassedAs | tallest office building in the world ⓘ |
| surpassedDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| use |
company headquarters
ⓘ
office ⓘ |
| wasAmong |
earliest skyscrapers in New York City
ⓘ
earliest steel‑frame skyscrapers ⓘ tallest office buildings of its time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manhattan Life Insurance Building Description of subject: The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a pioneering early skyscraper in New York City and one of the tallest office buildings of its time.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.