Height: Observatory 221.7 m / 727 ft |
Floors Above Ground 58 |
# of Elevators 34 |
Top Elevator Speed 3.55 m/s |
Tower GFA 120,773 m² / 1,299,990 ft² |
# of Apartments 33 |
# of Parking Spaces 150 |
Official Name | Woolworth Building |
Other Names | Cathedral of Commerce |
Structure Type | Building |
Status | Completed |
Country | United States |
City | New York City |
Street Address & Map | 233 Broadway |
Postal Code | 10007 |
Original Function | office |
Current Function | residential / office |
Structural Material | steel |
Landmark Status | local |
Construction Start | 1910 |
Completion | 1913 |
Recladding | 1977 |
Retrofit Start | 2014 |
Retrofit End | 2017 |
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Regional Ranking | #82 Tallest in North America |
National Ranking | #72 Tallest in United States |
City Ranking | #32 Tallest in New York City |
Owner | |
• Current | Alchemy Properties; Cammeby's International; Witkoff |
• Past | F.W. Woolworth Company |
Developer | F.W. Woolworth Company; Irving National Exchange Bank |
Architect | |
• Design | Cass Gilbert |
Structural Engineer | |
• Design | Gunvald Aus Company |
Main Contractor | Thompson-Starrett & Co. |
Other Consultant | |
• Façade | Vidaris, Inc. |
• Interiors | The Office of Thierry W Despont Ltd. |
Material Supplier | |
• Elevator | Otis Elevator Company |
Developer | Alchemy Properties; Witkoff |
Architect | |
• Design | SLCE Architects |
Structural Engineer | |
• Design | Gilsanz Murray Steficek |
Other Consultant | |
• Façade | Vidaris, Inc. |
• Interiors | The Office of Thierry W Despont Ltd. |
• Sustainability | Vidaris, Inc. |
Building Tall Lecture Addresses Skyscraper Renovations
29 Nov 2018
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Milan Tall Building Conference
19 Apr 2016
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Woolworth Building Renovation Tour
28 Oct 2015
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Dynamic Interrelationship between the Evolution of the Structural Systems and Façade Design in Tall Buildings
Mar 2018 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 1
How New Generations, Industries and Workplace Paradigms Are Redefining the Commercial High-Rise
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City
Reinventing Woolworth: Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Skyscraper
Oct 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue IV
Browse hundreds of other papers published by CTBUH members on a range of multi-disciplinary subjects in the Research Papers Library
Tallest building in the world 1913 - 1930. Preceded by the Metropolitan Life Tower and surpassed by the Bank of Manhattan
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