The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—
and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City.
More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one
of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well
as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City.

The Woolworth Building was constructed in neo-Gothic style
by architect Cass Gilbert, who was commissioned by Frank Woolworth
in 1910 to design the new corporate headquarters on Broadway,
between Park Place and Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan,
opposite City Hall.

The construction cost was $13,500,000 and Woolworth paid
all of it in cash. On completion, the Woolworth building
overtook the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower as
the world's tallest building; it opened on April 24, 1913.

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