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The Woolworth Building is an early American skyscraper designed by architect Cass Gilbert located at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930, with a height of 792 feet (241 m).


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The former F. W. (Frank Winfield) Woolworth Building on Merrimack Street is no more. It came down late Thursday afternoon to make way for the $68 million Harbor Place development. A four-story.


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Published Jan. 22, 2020. TAMPA — The old Federal Exchange Bank has bullet holes dating to Tampa's gangster era. The former F.W. Woolworth building still has the wall tiles that civil rights.


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Address 233 Broadway, NY, USA 10003 + Google Maps About The Landmark The Woolworth Building transformed New York City's skyline and remains one of the most famous skyscrapers in the country. It is a Gothic marvel designed by architect Cass Gilbert for millionaire five-and-dime store owner Frank W. Woolworth.


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The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.


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Retailer Frank W. Woolworth commissioned his namesake building in 1910, a year after the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company moved into their 700-foot tower on Madison Square, just a block away.


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F.W. Woolworth's granddaughter inherited near nearly a billion dollars and managed to squander away every penny. Photo courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute. However, Woolworth's granddaughter, Hutton, would not be so frugal.


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1. Reaching for the sky: The Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930, with a height of 792 feet. More than a century after its construction, it remains one of.


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F. W. Woolworth Building (Watertown, New York) Coordinates: 43°58′29.4″N 75°54′40.6″W Woolworth Building, 2004 The Woolworth Building is a historic building in Watertown, New York. It is a contributing building in the Public Square Historic District. [1]


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1913. World's tallest building 1913-30. Historic store. Hanniger-Johnson Building (Bisbee, Arizona) Bisbee, Arizona. 31°26′30″N109°54′58″W / . 1907. Not built for Woolworth, but best known as the local outlet of the retailer. Owned by the same owner since 1994, houses a nostalgia store and suite rentals.


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The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or Woolworth or even Woolsworth) was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores.. The Robert Meyer Hotel behind the building. F.W. Woolworth relocated from their store on Main & Forsyth and opened their 16,350 square foot Hemming Plaza store in.


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F.W. Woolworth - an American retailer and longest tenant from 1913 to 1960s acquire the store when Frank and Charles Woolworth merged their store with their cousin Knox to form F.W. Woolworth Woolworth Tenancy 1913-1990s


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Made of concrete and faced with white Texas limestone, the Woolworth Building is designed in the Art Deco Neoclassical Revival style. One of the building's unique features is a stylized carved frieze with a floral motif beneath the cornice. It also features granite bulkheads at the sidewalk level.


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F. W. Woolworth's Vision Of The Woolworth Building on Public Square Was Much Different. Although F. W. Woolworth had architectural plans in development for a new Woolworth building in Watertown completed by Cass Gilbert, notable architect of the Woolworth Building in New York City and then largest building in the world, it was the death of W. H. Moore in 1916 that would lead to the.


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The original Woolworth's building has been rehabilitated and turned into the International Civil Rights Center & Museum. The museum's mission is to commemorate the A&T Four and their role in launching the sit-in movement that inspired peaceful direct-action demonstrations across the country.


The Old Woolworth Building in Waltham, MA is now a Sleepy's Woolworth

The F.W. Woolworth Building on South Elm Street (the Northeast Shopping Center) is part of the Downtown Greensboro Historic District. Designation: National Register of Historic Places