Sonntag, 1. Mai 2011


Welcome to a website,
dedicated to an amazing early skyscraper of New York City:

The New York World Building (1890-1955)

Part 1
Long before the World Building

Part 2
First World Building and Potter Building

Part 3
The Park Row Fire 1882
Part 4
World Building - the early years

Part 5
World Building at the edge of the gone centuries

Part 6
World Building - The Unknown Years

Part 7
World Building - the late years and the end
http://theworldbuilding.blogspot.com/2011/05/part-7-world-building-late-years-and.html


more postings  about the World Building 
were added at my German Website:

Construction and Demolition of the World Building
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.com/2011/06/construction-and-demolition-of-world.html

The Story of the World Building (told by alternative and recently found "new"pictures)
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.com/2011/06/story-of-world-buiilding-1890-1955.html

an unreleased vision of the World Building from 1889 (in German)
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-world-building-unreleased-1889.html

a new chapter about the World Building Annex from 1907 (in German)
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-building-annex-from-1907.html

a high resolution picture posted on Shorpy
http://www.shorpy.com/node/11259?size=_original

as Part of the Lower Manhattan Saga:
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/2012/05/lower-manhattan-journey-through-time_19.html
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/2012/06/lower-manhattan-journey-through-time.html
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/2012/06/lower-manhattan-journey-through-time_17.html

Liberty lighting the World - Another visit at the Pulitzer Building
http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/2012/09/liberty-lighting-world-another-visit-at.html




2014 - NEW NEW NEW !!! 2014
"Time and again" from Jack Finney
Following Si Morley on his time journeys 
through the 1882s New York City 
sorry - in German language

Part 1-7: http://nygeschichterucksack.blogspot.de/2014/05/time-and-again-si-morleys-new-york.html

Last Part (7): June 14th 2014

- to be continued -