Size and Historic Preservation

The 41-story Singer Building, an elegant Beaux-Arts tower, was the tallest in the world when it was completed in 1908. Why was it demolished in 1967?

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January 3, 2005, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Until September 11, 2001, it was the tallest structure ever to be demolished. The building, an elegant Beaux-Arts tower, was one of the most painful losses of the early preservation movement when it was razed in 1967."

Thanks to Stephen J. Conschafter

Read the full story: Once the Tallest Building, but Since 1967 a Ghost

Sunday, January 2, 2005 in The New York Times

History / Preservation New York

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