The Rise and Fall of the Singer Tower
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2021
- It once held the title of the world’s tallest building... a little more than half a century later…It was just a memory in the New York City skyline. Today, two minute architecture Time Machine winds back the clock to explore the rise and fall of The Singer Tower. (also know as the Singer Building)
I had the good fortune to visit and see the Singer Bldg as I arrived NYC via the PATH in March 1967. When I got my first full-time job in July 1968 I was 😲😲😲😲😲😲 shocked what I saw exiting Hudson Terminal on Cortlandt Street looking up and seeing the Singer and City Investing Building being torn down.
That's amazing! I would have loved to see it in person. I always look for it when I see and old movie shot in NYC.
that must have been terrible I went through Penn Station when it was being demolished, when I was I think 15, I found it very depressing seeing the broken columns and statuary
I was born in 1967!The 1967 Ford Mustang had sime improvments and a stiffer body!
The best coverage of Singer building I've seen thank you for sharing, it is the one building I wish I had seen the inside and out are said to be amazing. THANKS
If I have any regrets over buildings in NY that I did not get to see, it is this one, wow, still cannot believe they tore it down, thanks for the video
So happy you liked it. This one has always been one of my favorites to spot in old movies that were shot in NYC.
There was so much opposition to it too. It's a shame it was demolished the building was far more beautiful than what stands in its place.
@@crazyguy_1233I strongly agree
I'm not one of those types that hate on today's building designs, I respect all art but the Singer building is simply marvelous.
I totally agree with you Christopher. Its such a shame that we lost the Singer Building. I remember that it would always stand out in old movies and TV shows whenever they showed a scene that included the downtown skyline. At least we still have the Woolworth Building, AIG and one Wall St downtown. Thanks so much for watching and for leaving a comment. Much appreciated.
Most pre wR architecture was objectively beautiful, most modern architecture is definitely not art and objectively ugly.
I was not around when the Singer building was demolished. But I have a love and interest in unique vintage architecture as well. I am from Chicago. But I defer, there is some cool modern architecture as well. But nothing breaks, vintage, if only walls could talk!
I meant beats!
Hands down New York looked fabulous late 1800s fast-forward now everywhere looking the same
Intro done perfectly
Singer Tower, Woolworth, and Chrysler, are favorites of mine. I am so glad the Woolworth was restored and the top found a new use as private residences.
Oh, and you have a great voice for narration!!
Thanks for watching. Those are on my favorites list as well. Wouldn’t it be awesome to live at the top of Woolworth? I made a video on the Chrysler Building too. Be sure to check that one out.
@@TyChee Ty , yes I plan on watching your Chrysler Building video! Also, there is a video out there of these two crazy young men that sneaked past security and ended up on the sloping roof of the Woolworth. Have you seen it? The multi level penthouse is under construction and they are climbing the scaffolding and then are shown climbing a ladder inside to the original observation deck and then another ladder to a smaller deck that surrounds the lantern just a few feet from the very top. They are crazy yet in my younger days I could see myself doing something nuts like this too!! Mike
@@michaelmichniak127 Hi Michael. Yes, Ive seen that video. Those guys are pretty darling and what an adventure that must have been. I lot of that was going on during the conversion of the upper floors to condos. I believe that the penthouse is completed now. I've seen articles that report that is will be listed between 79 and 130 million dollars.
These are also my favorite.
Just imagine how iconic it would get if it still existed today as a historic landmark and by the way great video I thought it was fantastic👏🏻👏🏻
Probably the biggest blow to the city's architectural consciousness was the destruction of the old Pennsylvania Station. Thank God Grand Central Terminal was saved, because it almost met the same fate.
It was restored just not in the same likeness.
Thank you so much Ty ! Just amazing historical voyage 🙏🌹 Great video! Congratulations!🙏
I’ve never seen the floor plate/floor plan before! Thank you for including it.
As always, I learn a lot from your videos! Well done
I wanna scream, WHYYYYYYY
Well done! A lot of new pictures I’ve never seen before 🎉
I love the video but there are a few misstatements The Pulitzer (World) Building was completed in 1890 not 1894 and the Manhattan Life Insurance Building was completed in 1894 and the Park Row Building was completed in 1899 Of further interest and a stone's throw from the Park Row Building, although never the tallest in New York, was the Saint Paul Building of 1898 and demolished in 1958 Built contemporaneously with the Singer Tower was the City Investing Building of 33 storeys completed also in 1908 and which shared the block with the Singer Tower of 41 storeys again both completed in 1908
Thanks so much for watching. Yes I seem to have made a few slips with the dates. I try my best to be accurate... not sure how I messed up my notes like that. 🙂
@@TyChee overall I really liked your presentation
@@TyCheeyes it was extremely well done overall👏🏻👏🏻
Very Good!... #39 ✝ {11-27-2023}
Great video! Well done and enlightening. Wonder how large a part the steel company may have played in influencing decision to NOT label the Singer as landmark? Your thoughts?
I think it was all a matter of finance
Well, I missed the Singer Tower though I am old enough to have seen it. However, I can claim to have gone through Penn Station before it was stupidly trashed. There is no law that requires progress to not move towards the boring and the mundane, particularly when the top priority is just money.
Very interesting
It’s 612 feet tall from multiple sources. Just wanted to mention that; great video!
They should bring it back but bigger than the original, around 980 feet would be great.
can you tell me where can i get color pictures of the interior of the building like the ones you used on the video?
Hi. So sorry for the long delay. I just saw your message. All of the color historic phots in the video I colorized myself in photoshop. Thanks for watching.
@@TyChee can i get your colorized versions? i can upscale them with AI
@@aagc-olc Please send me an email stating what use you plan for the photos. TyCheePhotography@gmail.com
Why not a video on the Roxy Theater.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
I don't understand why Americans care so little about their cultural heritage. New York could have been so much more beautiful..
Your adding the suicide piece at the end was needless and tacky. Gesus.
Inherited building
Its really an awful buildung. Looks like a bad piece of furniture.
Singer tower????? How
You must like the modern ugly boxes being built everywhere
The Singer Tower was designed by a well know architect trained in the Beaux Arts design esthetic before the turn of the last Century. Unfortunately what was then fashionable in the business world is no longer so today. And yes, economics plays an overly important role in what gets build today and what it eventually looks like.
The current building which replaced the Singer Tower unfortunately meets the programmatic requirements of modern office usage.
Do you have one eye open 😮
Improve your vids by loosing that obnoxious intro.