This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Woolworth Building crowns NYC skyline in 1913 debut
In April 1913 the Woolworth Building rose 702 feet as New York celebrated with a Wall Street banquet and fireworks while President Wilson pressed a button lighting 80,000 bulbs. Architect Cass Gilbert crafted Gothic details and a cathedral like arcade. The 58th floor observation gallery drew crowds until Navy closure in 1941 and is now a Manhattan executive clinic. Police later nabbed a thief targeting tourists at the Rome Coliseum, a venerable long running beat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Billie Burke
Buffalo Bill
Madison Square Garden
Efrem Zimbalist
Carnegie Hall
Wall Street
White House
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Woolworth
City Hall Park
Frank W. Woolworth
Wheelworth
Chrysler
Empire State
Wall Tower
Bank of Manhattan
RCA
Chase Manhattan
Pan Am
London
Cass Gilbert
Greece
Navy
New York Harbor
Lower Manhattan