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Architecture Images- Gone / Demolished / Destroyed WESTERN UNION BUILDING |
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WESTERN UNION BUILDING Grown rich by the massive growth of the telegraph industry, Western Union had G. B. Post build them a new headquarters in 1875. It rose 230 feet to become in its day one of the tallest structures in the city. The iron time ball on its flagstaff would be the precursor to today's lighted New Year's globe in Times Square. The granite clad building style is called Neo-Grec. Designed to be fireproof, it burned down in 1890 in the world's first large fire to occur in tall buildings. ----------- Western Union Building, NY, NY, 1875. While metal columns and beams supported interior floors, the exterior walls were masonry. Destroyed by fire in 1890.  The Western Union Telegraph Building on Broadway, New York City This giant turreted building located at Broadway and Dey Street was built by George P. Post in 1872-5. Its height of 230 feet was made possible by the recent invention of the passenger elevator. 100 telegraph operators worked in this building which was open 24 hours a day and lit by night. Its tower was an important landmark for mariners in New York Harbor. Here it dwarfs its neighbor, the Goodyear Rubber Goods building. |
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