Woolworth Building Woolworth Building The Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912, is an early US skyscraper. The original site for the building was purchased by F. W. Woolworth and his real estate agent Edward J. Hogan by April 15, 1910, from the Trenor Luther Park Estate and other owners for $1.65 million. By January 18, 1911, Woolworth and Hogan had acquired the final site for the project, totaling $4.5 million. More than a century after its construction, it remains, at , one of the 100 tallest buildings in
Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette is a statue in Lafayette Square, by Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere. It was cast in 1890, and installed in April 1891. The inscription reads: <br> Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere<br> Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (Base, west side, on cannon:) <br> Maurice Denonvilliers, Foundeur Paris 1890 (Base, south side, on shield:) <br> TO<br> GENERAL<br> LA FAYETTE<br> AND HIS<br> COMPATRIOTS<br> 1777-1783<br> DERVILLE FARBRE (Base, north side, on cartouche:) <br> BY THE CONGRESS<br> IN COMMEMORATION<br> OF THE SERVICES<br> RENDERED BY<br> GENERAL LAFAYETTE<br> AND HIS COMPATRIOTS<br> DURING THE STRUGGLE<br> FOR THE<br> INDEPENDENCE <br>