New Yorks 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! 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 Singe