tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post9013126198115474520..comments2011-05-25T16:02:38.567-04:00Gotham City Insidernoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post-8559443174123811922010-09-27T13:16:00.568-04:002010-09-27T13:16:00.568-04:00The statement that this was the was the tallest building in New York until 1899 is apparently a mistake although that is also what the Hotel’s own website says. Probably it was meant to say it was the tallest building in New York until 1889. Construction of the New York World Building (also known as the Pulitzer Building) began in October 10, 1889, at 53-63 Park Row and was completed on December 10, 1890. The claimed height of that building was 20 stories and it was the tallest building in New York City for about five years. The statement here is also apparently phrased in terms of the building’s height measured by livable stories because the 284-foot spire of Trinity Church was taller.<br /><br />As for the building being built in 1883 as a private apartment co-op, that is also true about 34 Gramercy Park, a short walk away on 20th Street and Gramercy Park East, the oldest continuously co-op building in New York.<br /><br />Michael D. D. White<br />Noticing New York<br />http://noticingnewyork.blogspot.com/Noticing New Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15726747803887470424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826049717571987418.post-12371769959868575992007-09-26T19:00:00.000-04:002007-09-26T19:00:00.000-04:00What are you guys doing? Lifting entire paragraphs???<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...Interesting. There's a lot of talk about these types of occurances lately:<BR/><BR/>http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/chelsea.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com