Today we explore the famous Singer Tower, a New York City skyscraper that once defined an era, and has now been completely forgotten. Upon its completion it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing Philadelphia’s city hall which was the previous record holder. The Singer building was one of the worlds most beautiful examples of urban architecture now it is an example of poor historic preservation.

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IT’S HISTORY Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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Index:
00:00 New York City's North River in 1679
01:27 Why Was the Singer Tower built?
02:12 The History of Construction of the Singer building
03:17 The concept behind Singer Tower
03:50 The History of the Singer building engineering room
05:00 How much coal did Singer tower burn?
08:13 The Dome of the Singer building
08:38 The Clock system of Singer tower
09:43 The elevators of Singer tower
10:38 The vault of Singer tower
10:42 Singer tower completion
11:15 The down fall of Singer tower
13:30 The Demolition of Singer tower


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