New York World Building

The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York City, which was built in 1890 as a publishing house for the newspaper "The New York World." At 94 meters high it was from 1890 to 1894, the tallest building in the world until it was replaced by the Manhattan Life Insurance Building. The number of floors is controversial. In the newspaper was used by 26 storeys talk, more recent investigations go but only 16 to 18 floors.

Construction of the building began on October 10, 1889 and was only a year later, completed on 10 December 1890. The New York World Building was the first building in New York, which towered over the steeple of Trinity Church. The skyscraper was also known as " Pulitzer Building", named after Joseph Pulitzer, who had his office on the second floor of the dome. Thus, the founder of the Pulitzer Prize had a view of the entire rest of the city.

In 1955 the New York World Building was demolished to make way for a driveway to the Brooklyn Bridge Place.