A lost Gem
As a kid I would visit New York fairly frequently and at an early age I had a great appreciation for skyscrapers (who would have guessed). The Singer Tower which became my early favorite was going to be my main photo stop with a new camera in early 1968. I didn’t exactly know where the building was located at the time but I knew it was gone after hiking around the lower west side for an hour or more. What a letdown! In my opinion the demolition of this icon of early industrial America was the biggest intentional loss of Architecture ever. The images that follow are my small testament to My Favorite Skyscraper.
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- Singer under construction
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- Singer steel complete October 1906
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- The Flagpole
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- Singer from Broadway
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- Center Main corridor
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- The Main Corridor
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- Singer Building in the 1960’s
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- Three of the World’s Tallest
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- Singer Tower at Night
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- Singer in Great Britain?
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- Singer-Tallest in the World
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- Singer Building on Broadway
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- Singer Building 149 Broadway
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- Singer as seen from Woolworth
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- Singer Building Replicas
Photo credits: Souvenir replicas, Microcosms, Boym Studios, InFocusTech. Historic pictures and Post Cards, From A history of the Singer building construction, its progress from foundation to flag pole (1908), 1906 Post Card John McQueen, Irving Underhill, Detroit Publishing,