I believe that when it comes to century-old architecture, it is estimated that the first thing that comes to most people's minds is the kind of Chinese-style century-old house, but I want to say that the skyscraper in the picture below is actually a century-old building, and it is estimated that many people will be surprised. This building is called woolworth building is the early skyscraper in the United States, on the historical empire state building have to call this building "Daddy", because this building began to build as early as 1910, in 1912 was initially completed, in 1913 officially completed and opened to the public. The Empire State Building was built in 1931.
Yes, in 1913, when the people in our country were still struggling, the 241-meter Woolworth Building had been built in the distant United States, which became the tallest building in the world as soon as it was completed, and maintained this record for 17 years, until the completion of the Chrysler Building in 1930. The $13.5 million cost of building the building that year, and counting inflation equivalent to $349 million in 2019, may not seem like a high number when you think about it, but it does make history.
Interestingly, when the height was determined that year, it was still very tangled, because the original plan of the building was 12 to 16 floors at most, and after continuous modification, the construction began in 1910 without determining the specific height, and the final construction height was not announced until January 1911. Although it was a little late, but this height suddenly created history, not only became the world's first at that time, the height of this high-rise building can still rank in the top 100 in the United States, tied for 77th, it can be said that it is very difficult.
In the hundreds of years of history of this building, it once became the headquarters of many enterprises, and there were many small stories during the period, such as the scientific giant Tesla once lived here for a year, but unfortunately it was driven away a year later because he could not afford to pay the rent. Later, the kellexcorporation company, which was part of the Manhattan Nuclear Weapons Program, also settled here to study nuclear weapons silently, and to make matters worse, the building once became the seat of a branch college at Fordham University. It is really science, military, education are involved, and how rich the story is can be imagined.
In modern times, the magic story is still happening, when 911 happened, there were 334 employees of the US Stock Exchange Board who moved here to work, and later this place was rented to the New York Police Department for a while, as well as the court, and various companies came here to participate, it is really interesting to think about. The most surprising thing is that the building has also transformed a lot of residential space for development into luxury apartments to sell to people, such a century-old building also develops modern and luxurious apartments, and sells them to others at sky-high prices.
Because this high-rise building is so legendary, so there was a "replica", located in the city of Memphis, the United States, there is a building called Lincoln American Tower, the total height is less than 100 meters, but it is completely built according to the proportion of 1/3 of the size of this building, and its history is now nearly 100 years, because even this replica was built in 1924. (Figure 1 shows the Lincoln American Tower, and Figure 2 shows the prototype)
Lincoln American Tower
prototype
It is such a legendary building, there are many stories that happened during the period, so don't just remember that the Empire State Building has a foundation when traveling to New York in the future, this building may be more stories than you think, it is worth traveling to punch in!