Architecture of the United States New York City's Woolworth Building designed by architect Cass Gilbert, 1913. Raising previous technological advances to new heights, 793 ft (233 m), it was the world's tallest building until 1930. Frank Woolworth was fond of gothic cathedrals. Cass Gilbert constructed the office building as a cathedral of commerce and incorporated many Gothic revival decorative elements. The main entrance and lobby contain numerous allegories of thrift, including an acorn growing into an oak tree and a man losing his shirt. The popularity of the new Woolworth Building inspired many Gothic revival imitations among skyscrapers and remained a popular design theme until
Arthur Gilbert (real estate developer) to carry on the lineage and legacy of the Gilbert name. Patrick, the eldest, has a son Jackson Ryan Gallagher who was born in 2005. Gilbert died of a heart attack on September 2, 2001, at his private residence in Beverly Hills, California. He was eighty-eight years old. The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation is an active philanthropic organization. For example, it donated US$6 million to the Younes and Soraya Israel Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2006. Arthur Gilbert (real estate developer) Sir Arthur Gilbert (born Abraham Bernstein; May 16, 1913 – September 2,