Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
SKYSCRAPER IS
Third IN HEIGHT
Latest New York Wonder to
Have FOrty-five Stories,
625 feet ABOVE SIDEWALK

Woolworth Tower to Be Larger Than
Singer and Surpassed Only by EiffeI
and Metropolitan Structures In Cloud
Piercing Powers-swimming Tank
Among Novel Features.
scraper of wondrous proportions. In
fact, it will be the third highest build
ing in the world. This structure is
the Woolworth building, at Broadway
and Park place. opposite City Hall
park.
1t is estimated that this skyscraper
will cost close to $5,OOO,OOO. The
plans filed for the foundations alone
aggregate 100000 in cost. From the
sidewalk to the top there will be for
ty-five stories, the total height being
625 feet, exceeding the height of the
Singer tower, just five blocks below,
by thirteen feet. Only n building in
New York will be higher, the Metro
politan, whose tower rises 700 feet and
3 inches above the street level. The
only other loftier structure in the
world is the Eifel tower, 9S5 feet.
Gothic Style Followed.
The architect has cast the much used
renaissance type entirely aside. In
general treatment the facade will be
Gothic in style. and yet, while a sem
blance Of Gothic, it will not be wholly
Gothic in method of construction or
exact forms of detail.
The main building will rise to a
height Of twenty-six stories. The
tower, beginning at that point, will
contain nineteen stories. This tower
will be the spectacular feature Of the
building, as its pinnacle, which will
be brilliantly Illuminated at night, will
be discernible at a distance Of fifty
miles or more from the city, a promi-
nent mark in the landscape. The tow
er will be e%ighty-six feet square, larger
in dimensions by about twenty feet
than the Singer tower. There will be
thirteen stories in the main tower Sec
ton, while the upper section is to be
treated in four stages and will con-
tain six stories.
The same architectural features and
system of adornnient devoted to the
front of the building will be similarly
carried out on the e a and sides.
One feature will be a large swim
ming tank in the basement lined with
marble. There will also be shower
baths. lockers and other cbnveniences.
The building will probably contain a
we'll equipped gymnasium and running
track on the roof.
Club Quarters Planned.
A portion of the upper floor will be
used for a restaurant. while the TWEEN
ty-ifth floor Of the main building, just
under the tower section, will be fitted
up as a lunch club, with facilities for
about 200 members. The club will
have a large dining room and several
private dining rooms, a cheerful loung-
ing room with a magnificent billiard
room. on n side Of which will be a
loggia, and an observation room in the
form Of a palm garden on the roof.
Besides these airy eating rooms, there
will be a restaurant or r~athskeller in
the basement.
From the structural standpoint the
foundations for Il building of this size
deserve more than passing notice
Having a sandy foundation to worh
upon. borings have been made to q
depth of 100 feet to bedrock. and thir
ty-eight caissons. some owe siXteer
feet in diameter. will be sunk to bed
rock level to obtain Il firm setting fol
the G25 foot structure. Below the side
walk there will be three stories. the
basement and Il subbasement. with thu
boiler rooms below forming the frs
real floor level. Counting these, tilt
building will actually have %forty-eigh
stories.
The area covered by the building !:
about 1880 square feet.