Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "New York City Skyscrapers" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
unique building, skyscraper, Woolworth Building, Park Row, New York, and steel.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1892-1914 for early skyscraper construction.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"A Narrow Skyscraper"
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), June 13, 1892, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"Most Unique and Most Talked-Of Building in the World"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 12, 1902, Page 3, Image 29, col.1-7.
"Unique Features in Skyscrapers"
The Pullman Herald (Pullman, WA), April 4, 1903, Page 9, Image 9, col. 4.
"A New Skyscraper"
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), July 28, 1903, Page 6, Image 6, col. 2.
"Lofty Office Buildings"
New York Tribune (New York, NY), October 30, 1904, Page 4, Image 54, col. 1.
"Some Remarkable New Buildings in New York "
The Sun (New York, NY), October 2, 1904, Page 8, Image 22, col. 1-7.
"Era of Skyscrapers"
The Evening Star (New York, NY), June 24, 1905, Page 8, Image 24, col. 1-2.
"Tallest Skyscraper in the Whole World"
The Kennewick Courier (Kennewick, WA), April 27, 1906, Page 7, Image 7, col. 3.
"The Marvelous Vertical Railways in the New Woolworth Building That Are to Whiz the Army of Workers Up With Lightning Speed 726 Feet in the Sky in Absolute Safety and Comfort"
The Sun (New York, NY), January 21, 1912, Page 5, Image 61, col. 1.
"Miracle of the Modern Skyscraper’s Growth"
The Sun (New York, NY), April 7, 1912, Page 14, Image 52, col. 4.
"F.W. Woolworth’s Rise a Romance of the Nickel"
The Sun (New York, NY), July 14, 1912, Page 5, Image 51, col. 1-4.
"Tallest Building in World"
The Jasper Weekly Courier (Jasper, IN) , November 14, 1913, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3.
"City’s First Skyscraper Now Being Razed While New Giant 800 Feet High is Planned"
The Sun (New York, NY), January 4, 1914, Page 21, Image 21, col. 1.

New York City Skyscrapers: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America