New York’s LOST Skyscraper - The Rise and Fall of SINGER TOWER - IT'S HISTORY

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. This episode was based on the work of O.F. SEMSCH - A History of The Singer Building Construction, It's Progress from Foundation to Flag Pole, if you’d like me to create and audio book version here on it’s history SUBSCRIBE NOW! 1,000 new subscribers and I will make the video! Support the Channel by becoming a member 👉 https://youtube.com/channel/UCzIZ8HrzDgc-pNQDUG6avBA/join IT’S HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2NN2rktA4yMZ4vmNaA3KpsS5KXLj3xVN » Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@ITSHISTORY?sub_confirmation=1 » Listen podcasts: https://ffm.bio/itshistory » CONTACT For brands, agencies, and sponsorships: [email protected] 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 » Mentioned Videos: "Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights Promenade (1964)" by roger4336 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 "Lower Manhattan from Lackawanna Ferry (1964)" by roger4336 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 "New York - Lower Manhattan (Postcard c.1914)" by roger4336 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 "Big Buildings of Lower Manhattan" by sjrankin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 John Antherton https://www.flickr.com/photos/gbaku/907862383 Vaticanus https://www.flickr.com/photos/vaticanus/343419475 AVID Vines https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmarcel/5473157245 » NOTICE Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only - always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word/spelling mistakes - retractions will be published in this section.