Rate this old beauty :)

Singer Building - New York
completed in 1908. Demolished 1968
Height - 187 m
floors - 47


http://www.lileks.com/postcards/ny/singer.jpg http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/507.jpg

7.5/10

7.5/10

old style. nice. 8/10

7.5/10

Rather unique. Pity it had to be torn down, or it would have looked quite ok if preserved.

7.5/10

8/10. Would have been one of New York's classics. It had a great design and powerful stance in lower Manhattan. I just don't understand how NYC would tear this beauty down for 1 Liberty Plaza.

A 8/10 for this oldie

9/10...It's the Singer Building! Look at the ornamentation and details. This big guy OWNED the Lower Manhattan skyline even before the Woolworth!

8/10

another master piece!!!! a shame that is down :cry: 20/10

This one is a classic.Me like!;)
9.0/10

nice, 9

why did they demolish it? 10/10

10/10


Amazing classic, why did they demolished it :(

great classic building. Shame it is down. they should had built a taller ''Singer'' version instead of that black giant glass-box
9.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

Why is this building demolished anyway?.

Its narrow floorplates were inefficient. The 'renewal' craze of NYC at the time led to its destruction (similar to why Penn Station was destroyed).

I like its replacement as much as the original though. I'm probably one of few.

Nice
9/10

9/10 Take a look at soom interior photos too I think they're even better :cool:

singer was truly a classic of the neo-classical era...only woolworth can ever defeat its splendor. in fact, i think singer was such a special skyscraper. you can find other buildings that look like woolworth, but you'll never find another building that look like singer. its beaux arts roof and facade was really one of a kind.

and singer was the first really tall skyscraper to be built in the entire history of the world, and it began the tower architecture shape that have became so prevalent among pre war skyscrapers in nyc and chicago (like old metlife, woolworth, 40 wall, amer. int'l, chrysler, 20 exch. pl, general electric, 500 5th, etc.). it was one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of high rises.

yet they still tore it down, and replaced it with a black box!!! :mad: :mad2: :bleep: :rant: :cry:

9.5

To bad this building was demolished....gave it an 8.5

Nice one. 10/10.

beautiful 10/10 :bow: :bow: :bow:

8.5/10. It should have never been demolished. Here's a photo of it while it was being dismantled: http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/04/16/nyregion/deutch.1842.jpg

9/10

Old school nice. 8

This was a beautiful building. Look at the box that replaced it!

It's decent. 7.

9/10

9/10. Shame it, and its exuberant neighbour The City Investing Building, have gone.
Very sad.

7/10

7.5/10

This is my favourite skyscraper ever, even have a big print on my wall of it, from a pic i knicked of the internet lol. A true classic, i wish someone would make another one, why not its a true classic design! 10

8/10

I wish this was still around to see. I love it 9.5

8/10 ;)

It's really difficult to rate this building...
IMO it was a little bit kitschy but it should have never been demolished...

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON003.htm

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3A.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3D.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/Singer_Tower.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3C.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON-singer.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3-singer1.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3-singer2.jpg

9/10 :(

8.5/10

8/10

8.5/10

So bas its gone. It could have been converted easily to condominiums this time around.

9.5/10

9/10

9/10, that was a wonderful building, harm that it has been destroyed :cry:

8/10

Replaced by a boring black (but efficient!) crap cereal box. Hell, maybe they'll restore this bygone and beautiful landmark someday.

9.5

7/10

that was a nice building! too bad is gone! 9/10

9/10

I can't beleive it was torn down. What a bad move. 9.5/10

It wasn't nice, glad that they've demolished it. 4/10

8/10

very nice 9/10

6/10

8/10

Cool top, nice tower for the years 8.5

1908! 10/10

8.5/10. too bad it's there anymore.

9. Very good building. Regards.

9/10

9/10 cool building

9/10

10/10

8.5/10

A bit too fancy for my taste. 4/10

8/10

9/10 :(