New York's LOST Pulitzer Tower | The Rise and Fall of The World Building

New York's LOST Pulitzer Tower | The Rise and Fall of The World Building - IT'S HISTORY

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Once the tallest building in New York City and the tallest office building in the world, the World Building of New York is no longer present in its skyline. Officially known as the Pulitzer Building, named for the same man as the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, this building had an extensive history despite being wiped from the map. Tied to both the American Civil War and the Second World War, one can feel its presence over decades, and it still has reverberations to this day.
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Chapters:
0:00 - The Rise of The World Tower
1:04 - The Man Behind the World Building (Joseph Pulitzer)
2:11 - Joseph Pulitzer joined the American Civil War
3:28 - Pulitzer’s Journalism in America
5:56 - The History of Newspaper Row and the World Building
8:27 - A Word from Our Sponsor - Squarespace
9:45 - The World Building’s Heights
11:32 - Inside the Pulitzer Building
13:27 - The World buildings Dome and Room Usage
15:32 - What was in the basement of the World Building?
18:00 - Decline of the World Newspaper
18:54 - The Pulitzer Building in WWII
20:36 - The demolition of New York's World Building
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@clarissakrigger4599 2 жыл бұрын

We really lost some architectural gems here in the city

@vuelvoel2011 2 жыл бұрын

yes, i blame black people.

@blairwilliams136 2 жыл бұрын

I can't help but notice the Singer Tower standing proudly at the far right of the frame at 20:40. My favorite lost treasure brought to my awareness by Its History . Thank you the videos Ryan !

@randibgood 2 жыл бұрын

Mine too! It was (by the photos at least) one of the most gorgeous buildings ever to grace the city.

@chrispraz877 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed the Singer blg.episode, as well as the publisher. A glimpse into a New York long gone.

@lmyrski8385 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure someone erred in the photos. I believe the article was referring to "ash wood," not burnt ash as shown at 13:08. Ash is used for furniture, flooring, doors, cabinetry, architectural moulding and millwork, tool handles, baseball bats, hockey sticks, oars, turnings, and is also sliced for veneer.

@andrewdunbar828 2 жыл бұрын

🤦

@nampyeon635 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed that. This channel puts out great content at a breakneck pace.

@robertmoore2049 2 жыл бұрын

The Chrysler Building is my favorite skyscraper in New York and in all the world as well. A true work of art. May she stand forever.

@DCB2018 2 жыл бұрын

I love these historical documentaries on how, who and why buildings were constructed, where their name came from, and why some got demolished, one of my most favourite documentary on Rise and Fall buildings is Old Pennsylvania Railroad Station, such a shame, and to build Madison Square Gardens on top.

@HiSummerWasHere 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching the Disney live action musical “Newsies” about the newsboys’ strike of 1899, organized by children working for the New York World. I didn’t realize until now that the filmmakers actually showed this building several times in the film, and I am surprised and impressed that Disney went to that level of trouble in the name of historical accuracy for a children’s movie!

@manueldpmingopereznavales5109 2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame how that victorian buildings dissappeared. They were so theatrical and poetics... New York has lost slmost all his soul since 1950.

@Sacto1654 2 жыл бұрын

They were also way too expensive to maintain per square meter of floor space. That's why they took down the Singer Building, too.

@JimmyJazz332 2 жыл бұрын

fuck Modernism.

@DK-tv6rk 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sacto1654 Pretty sure they have the money for maintenance

@antoinesilva1527 2 жыл бұрын

@@DK-tv6rk I’m sure they have a bunch of money. Just greed. Classic American move.

@LUIS-ox1bv Жыл бұрын

@@Sacto1654 This was the same false argument pushed for the destruction of many buildings. Happily, this was not taken as true, and many older structures were not only saved, but refurbished and put to good use. The Singer Tower was destroyed out of pure greed and ignorance. If they could have saved the Woolworth Tower, they could have done the same to the Singer. The Singer was a victim of the ethos of the 60s, which did not understand the conservation of older, historic buildings. It was only later in the 70s, that a more widespread appreciation of older buildings began to unfold. By then, many of the great gems of architecture in American cities had become a mere memory. The late 50s, and throughout the 60s and 70s, saw a wholesale destruction of many historic and notable buildings. Cities cannot just contain edifices which are cost efficient and low maitenance. They must also inspire, delight and dignify. Most modern buildings seem to appeal to the bottom line, which is cost. Which is why they're mostly overbearingly drab and exhibit little or no character. This exolains why a small, three story, townhouse in the Village is more engaging then a post war, sleek pared down, multisory highrise.

@OuterGalaxyLounge 2 жыл бұрын

I really get the feel of how vibrant this era of New York was from these videos. I feel like I can step right into those places in the photos.

@ryanh3635 2 жыл бұрын

This might be a little out of the box, but I have a great topic for a building video. In Rotterdam, The Netherlands there is a building called (translated) "The White House." It was built in the 1890s after the designers saw New York's sky scrapers and envisioned one for their city. Its only 43m/141 ft tall, but has survived everything from storms to Nazi bombardment.

@camithewitch5265 2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy to me that a building that tall would look so tiny so quickly, so much so that it got demolished to make way for a bridge ramp. That height would make it like, the 2nd or 3rd tallest building in my country TODAY lmao. New York's skyline is just insane!

@LUIS-ox1bv Жыл бұрын

The condition of the city to date, "insane," should be more appropriately applied to its citizens

@MZONE991 2 жыл бұрын

if this does not convince you that there is a war on beauty and tradition then nothing will

@dark_one1337 2 жыл бұрын

It's a dire shame that in the 2nd half of the 20th century a lot of architectonic Marvels and Beauty have been demolished, because of greed or stupidity. Penn station, Singer Building, the Placa in this video and so many more, also Urban Transportation like the Trolleys and Cable cars, and Industrial Landmarks as the Piers and Docks.

@schwig44 2 жыл бұрын

Across any structure's lifetime, there comes a point when maintenance costs > replacement costs. How is anyone really surprised that the country known for the economic system that has greed as a foundation, would demolish their history instead of preserving it?

@mrs.g.9816 2 жыл бұрын

NYC is notorious for replacing beautiful architecture with drab, soulless super-tall glass and concrete towers. It's a wonder the Woolworth Building and Grand Central Station are still standing. The destruction really began in earnest in the 1960's. In fact, most cities around the world have become look-alikes - like science fiction backdrops or rat warrens. Except for visiting some museums and a few pockets of charm like Greenwich Village and Central Park, I've no desire to visit NYC again.

@javierpacheco8234 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with architecture looking all the same today.

@LUIS-ox1bv Жыл бұрын

Spot on! I personally witnessed the destruction of many of the buildings in NYC and in Chicago. What replaced these beautiful creations, simply indicates our trajected decline. The destruction of the Worlds Largrst train station; Penn Station, was so disastrous and a monstrous mistake, that New York, over half a century later, still suffers from its lasting effects. Penn Station represented clarity, order, discipline, encapsulated in a dignified space. This singular example of urban grandeur, was replaced with confusion, disorder, mean, compressed spaces not fit for man, but cattle. The destruction of Penn Station symbolized the long decline and decay of Patrician New York, into the pedestrian and mediocre city it is today.

@richardhertz1989 6 ай бұрын

My Great Grandfather Esdale Cohen , AKA Doc Cohen , worked at The Evening World until he died. He started as a reporter and when he died he was an Editor . I never met him and wish I could learn more about him . This was a great video , thanks

@matthewmoneypit1558 2 жыл бұрын

What a shame to loose those buildings.

@brainysmurf74 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, yet another gem destroyed.

@charlesclager6808 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and instructive video !! I loved every word. So full of facts and data. Thank you so much.

@hungrysoles 2 жыл бұрын

A good video on a great building that never should have been torn down

@JimmyJazz332 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely STUNNING Neo-Classical architecture. What a godamn tragic loss.

@28ebdh3udnav 2 жыл бұрын

We have a rich history and it's kinda depressing that not a lot of Americans know.... I didn't know how much I didn't know about history of the United States until I found this channel. We weren't taught jack in School

@preztrump4310 2 жыл бұрын

Great work wit editing n creation of this video. Keep up great work. Much love from Massachusetts

@morakant7864 2 жыл бұрын

That's why I love this channel bring me all the way back 👍

@Koohwipx Жыл бұрын

Can you make a new video on “Newspaper row” as a whole. I think that would be a really interesting video talking about it’s inception to its decay.

@gazza6348 2 жыл бұрын

G'day mate enjoy your channel buddy very interesting thanks for sharing Ryan 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

@Novusod 2 жыл бұрын

You should do a video about the "Whitehall Building" constructed in 1902. It still stands today and is very iconic with it is large arched window. Not many people know the name of this Building but they recognize it when they see it. It appears in a lot of movies and was in the foreground of much of the 9/11 footage.

@drby0788 2 жыл бұрын

Why is it in Europe, they preserve their buuldings...building hundreds of years old still in use...yet here in America, we tear everything down after 5 minutes. It's sad

@ludovicleprinceroyal8721 2 жыл бұрын

Because they have beautiful and important buildings to preserve....this building would not be one of them. It is typical of Victorian-era pastiche, borrowing elements from different periods and not usually successfully. The Chrysler Building and Empire State are around today because they are designs of their own time that defined a particular style and adapted it to its usage.

@cashewnuttel9054 2 жыл бұрын

Progress.

@TricksterDa 2 жыл бұрын

Money, and the need for more and more corporate space.

@DEEuroworks 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thank you.

@jamesfarrell8339 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Great job

@singerbuilding6787 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Video ,today it would be a magnificent apartment building.

@asn413 2 жыл бұрын

boy. people didnt value anything old back then

@brendakrieger7000 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, it was really impressive🌁

@Crabbypino Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I've been a fan of NYC architecture for years. Thanks.

@PerspectiveEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work man maybe I'll subscribe.

@rhynosouris710 2 жыл бұрын

Well, NYC may have lost an iconic building, but it gained an on-off ramp.

@SRocco-dv8we 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool nyc stuff…very well presented without hype , bs , etc …well,done ….

@vassa1972 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting video

@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing ♐ 👍

@ITSHISTORY 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@javierpacheco8234 2 жыл бұрын

Architecture has no identity today. Modern architecture is the worst thing to happen to great architecture.

@nickheffernan123 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid! Was the use of Australian and New Zealand soldiers as the image at about 19:20 intended? Curious what the ANZAC connection is if it was intentional :-)

@jonhancock7695 2 жыл бұрын

You should do a story on the Sears Roebuck company and its first department store in Evansville, Indiana

@dansmith4077 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@johnmendez3084 2 жыл бұрын

The gordon bennett medal is the highest award for heroism in the FDNY. Please do a story about that history.

@juant3969 2 жыл бұрын

Another amazing video about NYC forgotten sky scrapers. I never heard of this building. I’m curious where was it located? I see city hall in the picture and the building is there. I wonder what is in place of that location. Being that I work down there. I will find out

@josephteller9715 2 жыл бұрын

The Video explains its demise if you watch it.

@ra0929 2 жыл бұрын

Park Row. The site is now access ramps to the Brooklyn Bridge

@scottbutler1561 Жыл бұрын

Interesting and well-done presentation with the occasional distraction of the speaker's mispronunciation of the word calvary.

@alphonsobutlakiv789 2 жыл бұрын

I hope China makes a copy of Victorian New York someday

@cashewnuttel9054 2 жыл бұрын

I hope they build an actual copy of the island, and do it there.

@alphonsobutlakiv789 2 жыл бұрын

@@cashewnuttel9054 they could actually rebuild this building in the same spot, but a few stories above the ground level to keep the new roadway where it is. It would be taller with a tunnel threw it.

@kristopherseitz8585 2 жыл бұрын

Holy s**t this was the times first power move scary this is where it all came from

@chezsnailez Ай бұрын

Quite the bonnie wee beastie...

@LUIS-ox1bv Жыл бұрын

Agree one hundred percent with the commentator. New york has lost so much of its extraordinary structures, like Penn Station, the Produce Exchange, Ernest Flagg's Singer Building, to be replaced with overblown, drab, and mediocre monstrosities. The process continues, with the historic Pennsylvania Hotel, presently biting the dust. New York is hell bent on transforming itself to just another global city, with the same global ethos. Glad I remember how the city once was.

@cliffwoodbury5319 2 жыл бұрын

They should make VR programs for the knocked down buildings of the world so you can walk threw them.

@aiden_107 2 жыл бұрын

is there someone climbing out of the window??? close to the center of the photo, square frame windows. 16:06

@morakant7864 2 жыл бұрын

This building been around before the Lady and the empire state building 👍

@randibgood 2 жыл бұрын

The opening comments about the Empire State Building, while true, seem a cop out. It was in direct competition with The Chrysler Building for tallest and won due to the spire added just for this reason. But The Chrysler Building is so much more aesthetically pleasing. It is truly a work of art. Whereas Empire overshadows in reputation, it sorely lacks the style and pleasing design.

@TheFinalDirectorsCut 2 жыл бұрын

No. The direct competition was between the Chrysler Building and 40 Wall Street.

@johnbray3143 2 жыл бұрын

Bombarding the view with dozens of statistics in imperial and metric is offputting. You need a more relaxed narrative to go with your excellent research

@n_k_alanvideos4081 2 жыл бұрын

What about that building next door with the clock tower?

@TricksterDa 2 жыл бұрын

I think that is The Tribune Building.

@whatadamnusername 2 жыл бұрын

I like the building's architecture in theory but in practice it just looks weird. Like a really tall, oddly proportioned county courthouse, if you know what I mean.

@shaskaone Жыл бұрын

At 12:05 to 12:25 really so they would not want us to know that back then this building was providing its own energy and crazy old world transport tube by demolishing it.

@stevenj2380 2 жыл бұрын

I am sad this building and the Singer survived WW2 and were later - trashed away. I had some confusion of the location of this building and some neighbors! None of old pictures showing City Hall and Newspapers Row help; I had no idea the original approach to Brooklyn Bridge must have been steeper. I thought perhaps World Bldg was on the site of plaza in front of Pace U. but there is an 'extra block' to account for!

@chris00nj 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this was going to be about the Singer Tower

@charliev906 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to the basements? Were they destroyed as well?

@ryans2118 2 жыл бұрын

I love the share. The narrative hard to believe. Especially when one of the most influential journalist wrote it. Do you know how many amazing buildings like this were built in america during the same time? And how fast they did it. We cant even rebuild the roof of notredam in 15yrs now a days even with our technology today? But back then they could build a whole building in a few years. Then before ww2 they decide to tear this building down. Personally i think they rewrote history. Those buildings were there, they just fixed it and claimed they built it, like every other old world building? He who writes history imprints your reality!

@ryans2118 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry after ww2.

@BobbinMcferry 2 жыл бұрын

20:30 hehehehe

@mikehunt8375 2 жыл бұрын

1:21 and oh boy is it falling now....

@randomly1253 2 жыл бұрын

No no no because you see ... ITS YOU who are watching IT'S HISTORY!

@Jude74 2 жыл бұрын

They paved paradise and put up an off ramp.

@heru-deshet359 2 жыл бұрын

So many beautiful gems have been destroyed in the name of progress by greedy developers in NYC before a commission to protect them was created.

@user-Mike8290 2 жыл бұрын

Right now Hotel Pennsylvania and every historic building around it for blocks is being torn down.

@phil159 2 жыл бұрын

ratunda?

@FlyinRaptorJesus 2 жыл бұрын

All uniqueness has been steadily erased in favor of sameness... Every city looks identical anymore... Its super gross. Bring back awesome unique buildings and Landmarks.

@HelloWorld-ns7gt 2 жыл бұрын

Better question is how did they build it with horse and carts.

@kodek2000 2 жыл бұрын

13:03 Not that kind.

@youdoofus 2 жыл бұрын

@13:03 ash? really? literal ashes?

@sirrom5155 2 жыл бұрын

i recall the empire state bldg! it was such a nice structure when it was around.

@downsouth420 2 жыл бұрын

Shame, this looked like a beautiful building with character.

@jamesmiller113 2 жыл бұрын

Err, 'cavlary'?

@kurtpena5462 2 жыл бұрын

Rote-UN-duh. Those vertical column pumps were modern ones.

@PerspectiveEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

So basically this was the worlds first computer. ?

@greentriumph1643 2 жыл бұрын

He is rolling in grave after the awarding The Pulitzer Prize To The 1619 Project.

@tahiragibson6407 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t stand those black people, huh?

@mrwittyone 2 жыл бұрын

"Just a decade into the turn of the century the New York World had reached its zenith. It was only downhill from there. The paper began decliing in the 1910s and the 1920s but their news did not slow down. In an effort to increase circulation the paper shifted its focus to more provocative and radical topics. And although this type of journalism did not attract more readership, it did attract the attention of some pretty scary figures in America as a result. Armed guards and police were stationed outside of the building around the clock as the paper continued its descent into obscurity. Nothing could save the World, and hence the paper met its disillusion in 1931." Not sure about your facts. Decline during the 1910s and 1920s?? Writer Heywood Broun created the concept of the op-ed section of the newspaper, making the World one of the most popular papers in New York until he was unceremoniously fired for his editorials supporting Sacco and Vanzetti (this, in 1928). It was a direct result of this firing that the number of people reading the World decreased, and they had to sell to their competitor.

@Kafj302 2 жыл бұрын

I am like number 811

@kevinkern2149 2 жыл бұрын

While I appreciate its history, I've never liked the World Building. It looks as if someone had taken any of the country's neo-classical/Beaux Arts state capitols and put it in a girdle.

@tahiragibson6407 2 жыл бұрын

Why can’t you get to the point, without all the blah blah blah prologue? “Slavery was divisive “? Gosh, that’s news to me.

@jm2437 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of Beautiful buildings lost in that area around city hall alone is insane, you'd think it was bombed in the war.

@Bertrumes_Shiney_Factory 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't start the video but my guess is, like the singer building, it was replaced with a underwhelming looking glass heavy building Edit: nevermind

@Alex-fr2td 2 жыл бұрын

ToT

@saintakins187 2 жыл бұрын

School teachers, your next lesson for the classroom.

@barrishautomotive 2 жыл бұрын

Visually blind. As opposed to what exactly?

@glenncampbell9126 2 жыл бұрын

Progress is a bitch.

@flynigburrito 2 жыл бұрын

Use some critical thinking skills here. The story does not add up. Not even close. Who is actually buying this story? It's obvious they did not possess the capabilities to build such a building at that time, at that pace. Those pictures are not of a brand new building, those are of an old & weathered building. Give me a break When they say a building was 'Founded in (insert year)', that's exactly what happened. They Found the building, it was already there. Someone else built it, not in the late 1800s that's for sure. Just as all buildings that look like that in this realm/country/world. spruced it up a little bit, and claimed that they built it. There's no good construction photos in that video are there? Of course not. Drawings. That's what we get, drawings. And maybe yè oldé ladder lean. They built that building how fast? With basements that were how tall? And the dome that was how high? With what kind of equipment & construction technology? They don't build stuff like that today, who actually thinks they could build it back then. What a joke.