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5 unusual facts about Woolworth Building


Gunvald Aus

Together is Kort Berle, he later was involved in the construction of the Woolworth Building.

He is most associated with the engineering of the Woolworth Building in New York City.

Logos and uniforms of the New York Mets

The skyline itself includes, from left to right, representations of a church spire (symbolizing Brooklyn, the "borough of churches"), the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building (tallest building in Brooklyn), the Woolworth Building, the Empire State Building, and the United Nations building.

Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst

According to an article in the January, 1925 issue of National Geographic Magazine, the airship hangar "could house three Woolworth Buildings lying side by side."

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Due to renovations at that building, from 2006 until early 2013, the court temporarily relocated to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse across Pearl Street from Foley Square, and certain court offices temporarily relocated to the Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway.


Kay Johnson

Her father was architect Thomas R. Johnson, who worked in the firm of Cass Gilbert, the architect of several noteworthy buildings in New York City, including the Woolworth Building, the New York Customs House, and many library buildings.


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