Forum: Photography

Subject: Hey New Yorkers can you identify . . .

PhrankPower opened this issue on Mar 26, 2002 · 5 posts

PhrankPower posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 11:29 PM

Can anyone identify this building that is in-between the WTC towers. Someone told me that it was in fact the very FIRST New York skyscraper from the early 30's, but they may not have known what they were talking about. I took this several years ago, I think in '96. Thanks!

Kurka posted Wed, 27 March 2002 at 7:33 AM

It's the Woolworth building.

PhrankPower posted Wed, 27 March 2002 at 8:47 AM

Thanks Kurka, but is it really the 1st skyscraper in NYC?

Kurka posted Wed, 27 March 2002 at 10:10 AM

No. The first was the Flatiron Building, still standing at 22nd st. Recently this building had it's original pneumatic elevators replaced by electric ones.

JordyArt posted Wed, 27 March 2002 at 7:06 PM

Okay, so when does a building stop being just a 'tall building' and start being a 'skyscraper' ? Is there, like, an official point that it does this, or just when people stop saying "Gee, that's big" and start saying "Where's the top?" (",)