Park Row Building

Park Row Building is one of the first buildings to ever be called a skyscraper. It was completed in 1899 after three years of construction. The building is located on Park Row in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is also known simply as 15 Park Row.

The architect of Park Row Building was Robert Henderson Robertson, who pioneered the use of steel in skyscraper construction, and it was built for William Mills Ivins, a prominent lawyer and former judge advocate general for New York State. Ivins headed a syndicate of investors, which most likely gave root to the building's original name, Ivins Syndicate Building, or just the Syndicate Building.

Park Row Building
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Park Row Building is 391 feet tall. This makes it the tallest office building in the world from 1899 until 1908, when it was surpassed by the Singer Building. The building has 29 stories in all, including two three-storey cupolas at the top. Park Row Building occupies a 15,000 square feet plot of land. It offer 950 separate office unit, each with a capacity of about 4 people.

Getting there

The nearest subway stations include Fulton St (J, A, C, 4, 5) and City Hall (N, R) stations.

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