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Rico Rommheim Apr 14, 2008 3:02 PM

Timeless building! One of my early favorites!

NYguy Apr 14, 2008 5:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Victor Horta (Post 3481876)


A lot of classics in that photo...

Ducov Apr 14, 2008 7:38 PM

I love this building, it's nice to see floors I haven't previously seen, I also like seeing the original construction materials. Just imagine those bricks being laid almost a century ago, and the man who did it.

ethereal_reality Apr 14, 2008 9:51 PM

Here is my favorite image of the Woolworth Building.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7...wrthlq2ph6.jpg

Opening night from Brooklyn: April 24, 1913....with exterior floodlights.


....and this one, without the floodlights on the exterior.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2...avoritene4.jpg photographer unknown

and a cool comparison graph with the liner Olympic (sister ship of Titanic).

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8...owoolwonu5.jpg

GioFX Apr 14, 2008 11:23 PM

The Woolworth is just one of my favourite scapers and no doubt on of the most fascinating buildings in the world!

So Gothamist!

byrdman Apr 16, 2008 7:58 AM

Ha, this building gets majorly fucked up in the Cloverfield movie lol

GVNY Apr 16, 2008 10:15 AM

Even I must acknowledge the preeminence of the Chrysler Building as the most glorious skyscraper ever erected, a general opinion I have always agreed with (though disguised earlier within this particular thread).

However, the Woolworth Building, with its splendid ornamentation and extraordinary history (the loftiest skyscraper in the world, paid full in cash), is indeed one of the loveliest manifestations of a natural physical form for a soaring building.

Additionally, its towering base, previously derided in this thread as overbearing, maintains a height which I believe brought uniformity, harmony and architectural understanding to the burgeoning lower Manhattan skyline of the 1910s. The criticisms against the massing of the building, I feel, are further weakened by the Gothicized vertical bands that happily marry the base to its thinner, taller extension.

NYguy Apr 17, 2008 4:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 3484760)
Here is my favorite image of the Woolworth Building.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7...wrthlq2ph6.jpg

Opening night from Brooklyn: April 24, 1913....with exterior floodlights.

That's a great shot of the Woolworth.

GVNY Apr 17, 2008 7:45 AM

That particular photograph has always seemed a bit phony to my eye; Woolworth airbrushed into a shining pinnacle?

MolsonExport Apr 17, 2008 1:06 PM

fantastic shots of the opening night.

On 24th April, 1913 electricity and electric light played an important part in the official inauguration of the Woolworth Building, then the world's tallest skyscraper. The construction included 87 miles of electric flex, 80,000 light bulbs and its own power plant containing four separate generator engines.

As a publicity stunt the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, agreed to flick a switch at his desk in the White House in Washington that would turn on all of the lights at once, restoring daylight to the Broadway District.

MayDay Apr 17, 2008 3:39 PM

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Originally Posted by byrdman (Post 3488658)
Ha, this building gets majorly fucked up in the Cloverfield movie lol

And somewhat in 'Enchanted'. Yeah, when I saw Cloverfield and the Woolworth scene I gasped out loud "oh god, not the Woolworth!!!". My partner was more than a little bit embarrassed. :haha:

NYguy Apr 18, 2008 3:47 AM

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Originally Posted by MayDay (Post 3491318)
And somewhat in 'Enchanted'. Yeah, when I saw Cloverfield and the Woolworth scene I gasped out loud "oh god, not the Woolworth!!!". My partner was more than a little bit embarrassed. :haha:

Well, they drop-kicked the Statue of Liberty and took out the Brooklyn Bridge too, which I thought was more disturbing. In fact, the Brooklyn Bridge gets more than its fair share of destruction in New York films. But there are many buildings in Manhattan that you could tolerate being obliterated (on film) far more than the Woolworth.

mthq Apr 20, 2008 5:02 AM

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Patrick Apr 20, 2008 6:11 AM

^Coney Island being on Staten Island?

View2saintmartin Apr 20, 2008 7:52 AM

^yeah, that would put Coney Island at Todt Hill which is the highest point of land in NYC. Definitely not a beach at 410' above sea level!

The Woolworth is a spectacle indeed. Too bad about that 2nd Empire Post Office, City Hall Park just isn't worth it.

solaris Apr 22, 2008 5:19 PM

It's easily one of my favorite buildings in the world. I think that the new buildings being constucted or recently finished (30 park place aka 99 church street & 10 barclays) really help make the building more preeminent and will probably impart some longetivity to it. Too bad many of the buildings in the area around it are either rather out of place or just plain disgusting.

Some recent photos I took:


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/...f1aa1669_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/...77d80165_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/...f3f249c15b.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/...23e71eda7c.jpg

Scruffy May 9, 2008 11:55 PM

Nows a good time to take pictures of the rear of the building. The building behind it is almost completely torn down. Soon to be replaced by a 900 footer that will tower over woolworth so its a limited time thing

NYC4Life Nov 11, 2008 6:26 PM

By: econ_tim - Wired New York

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/...7003b050_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/...4a7a8658_b.jpg

NYC4Life Nov 11, 2008 6:28 PM

By: Shaun_nyc - Wired New York

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p784984267-5.jpg

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p1039694401-5.jpg

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p756079561-5.jpg

TANGELD_SLC Dec 3, 2008 7:19 AM

Wow the Woolworth is definitely one of my all-time favorite American skyscrapers. They just dont make 'em like they used too.
It's so detailed too, Like a commercial Cathedral.


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