Singer Building

The Singer Building at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, New York was an office building completed in 1908 as the headquarters of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

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Broadway - Manhattan, New York - 1908 - Singer Sewing Machine Company

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The building's architect, Ernest Flagg, was a supporter of height limitations and restrictive zoning, and showed his solution to tall building crowding with the Singer's set-back design. The 12-story base of the building filled an entire blockfront, while the tower above was very narrow.

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At 612 feet above grade, the Singer Building was the tallest building in the world from its completion until the completion in 1909 of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

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Tallest building in the world - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower - Madison Avenue

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The building was demolished in 1968 as it was functionally obsolete. The tower floors were squares only 65 feet (19.5 metres) on a side. It remained the tallest occupied building ever demolished until September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center. It is still currently the tallest building ever voluntarily demolished, however the Deutsche Bank Building, damaged on 9/11, is slated for "voluntary" deconstruction. (While the events of 9/11 were certainly not voluntary, the decision to dismantle and not repair the building was.)

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Metre - September 11, 2001 - World Trade Center - Deutsche Bank Building

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Today One Liberty Plaza occupies the site.

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