Singer Building (Q651362)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Singer Building (also known as the Singer Tower) was an office building and early skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. The headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company, it was at the northwestern corner of Liberty Street and Broadway in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Frederick Gilbert Bourne, leader of the Singer Company, commissioned the building, which architect Ernest Flagg designed in multiple phases from 1897 to 1908. The building's architecture contained elements of the Beaux-Arts and French Second Empire styles.

Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

El Singer Building o Singer Tower, ubicado en el cruce entre Liberty Street y Broadway, en el Distrito Financiero del Lower Manhattan, fue un edificio de oficinas de 47 pisos terminado en 1908 que albergaba la sede de la Singer Corporation.[3]​ Fue el edificio más alto del mundo entre 1908 y 1909. Fue demolido en 1968, junto con el City Investing Building adyacente, donde ahora se localiza el One Liberty Plaza. Con su demolición, se convirtió en el edificio más alto jamás destruido,[4]​ y ocupa hoy el cuarto puesto en esta lista, detrás del Union Carbide Building

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