Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0197Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of the Woolworth Building. Above the image "T39 (Star)" is printed, below the image "32365 Woolworht Building from the 25th Floor of the Municipal Building, New York Ciyt." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
32365
WOOLWORTH BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, the noted divine, has called this building "The Cathedral of Commerce," a term which fittingly describes it. It rises magnificently above the surrounding city, a masterpiece of architecture. The true Gothic lines and tracery of the exterior are extremely impressive, and the effect of clear lines, skillfully enhanced by perfect scale of detail, would do credit to any Old World minster. It rises 51 stories above the sidewalk and is the third tallest office building in the world, the Bank of Manhattan and the Chrysler Buiding, both also in New Yor, now slighlty overtopping it. The view from the observation gallery extends for 25 miles.
The structure stands on a foundation of 69 concrete piers which rest on bed rock 110 feet below the sidewalk. The tenants and their employes number 12,000. There are 29 elevators and 1,8000 telephones in the building. Ten carriers are kept busy distributing mail to the offices. The cost of land and building was $12,000,000, and it was paid for by Mr. Woolworth entirely out of his own resources. We are looking towards Jersey City. Below us is City Hall Park, with the General Post Office on the farther side and on this side the roof of the old City Hall.
"The man who propses and the architect who designs a truly great building," observes Dr. Cadman, "confers a lasting favor on the race at large. Our indebtedness to those who constructed the Parthenon, the Colosseum at Rome, St. Peter's Cathedral in that city, St. Paul's in London, St. Mark's in Venice, and the fine Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, is utterly beyond ordinary methods of computation. Their true value is not in stone nor in gold, but in the spirtiual aspirations which they embodied and expressed."
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