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The New York World Building was also known as the Pulitzer Building after the famous editor, Joseph Pulitzer, who commissioned it. Pulitzer's private office was on the second level of the dome which gave him the ability to look down upon other buildings along the street. The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York City designed by George Browne Post and built in 1890 to house the now defunct newspaper, The New York World. The height of the building in stories is disputed, with estimates ranging from the 26 stories claimed by The World to 16 or 18 stories according to current standards. Construction of the New York World Building began on October 10, 1889 and was completed on December 10, 1890. The World Building was rebuilt at an unknown date after a fire completely demolished it. The rebuilt building was demolished in 1955 for the expanded car ramp entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. During the 19th century, many high-rise buildings were constructed by newspaper companies which soon developed into a competition and a race for the tallest. The New York World Building resulted in being the tallest of all of them during that time. It was the first building in New York to surpass the spire height of 284 foot of Trinity Church which, at the time, dominated the city's skyline. It was also featured on the cover of the World Almanac from 1890 to 1934. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World_Building

Is this where they keep all the prizes? ;) -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

New York's Citizen's Preparedness Parade of May 13, 1916, in which 135,000 marched. The parade began around City Hall, moved uptown to where there was a reviewing stand in Madison Square, then up to around 57th Street. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A15FD3F5D1773...

The neighborhood has changed a bit: goo.gl/maps/c1G21

Really, perhaps just the original New York Times building, in back of the Franklin statue, is all that's left. I think the group in silk hats and cutaways in this picture and in one nearby is the "Mayor's Escort", which was made up of one representative of each of the 74 trade groups that marched that day. Presumably, the carriage behind them is the one with Mayor Mitchel and Col. Barbour, also seen in another picture. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B11FD3A5B1773...

grace!

A rainy day for the meeting in what says...Candystore?

Fantastic view into the past.

Another Bain/LOC photo of the I.W.W. rally at Park Row, New York City:

A bloody period in the US. that is mostly forgotten .