Woolworth Building the same title published in 1916. It remained the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building, also in New York City, in 1930; an observation deck on the 57th floor attracted visitors until 1941. The building's tower, flush with the main frontage on Broadway, joins an office block base with a narrow interior court for light. The exterior decoration was cast in limestone-colored, glazed architectural terra-cotta panels. Strongly articulated piers, carried—without interrupting cornices—right to the pyramidal cap, give the building its upward thrust. The Gothic detailing concentrated at the highly visible
Bennett Building (New York City) In both cases, Farnsworth's additions carefully followed Gilman's original design. On November 21, 1995, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building a New York City landmark. The Bennett Building is the tallest building in the world with an entirely cast-iron facade. In 1916, the Maiden Lane Historical Society erected a plaque on the building that reads: <poem>Nassau Street Known originally as “The Street that Runs by the Pye Woman” And was named in honor of The House of Nassau Whose head at the time was William the Third King of England And sometime Stadtholder of the Dutch