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	Singer Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Singer Building was the world's tallest building from 1908 to 1909.
		The Singer Building at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, New York was an office building completed in 1908 as the headquarters of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
		The building's architect, Ernest Flagg, was a supporter of height limitations and restrictive zoning, and showed his solution to tall building crowding with the Singer's set-back design.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singer_Building (274 words)

	SingerArchitects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Singer remembers Kahn began to talk "non-stop," speaking of "walls radiant with gold sunlight flowing endlessly on." As Singer was staying with a family friend who also was friends with Kahn, he was able to spend both the afternoon and evening with Kahn, who after dinner talked late into the night.
		Singer's fondness for the flush detailing of wall surfaces, in particular the expression of cast-in-place concrete slab edge beams at the exterior, is complemented by the subtle pattern of the masonry units.
		The users are oriented within both the building and the street grid of the city by the vertical volumes open to the sky, positioned deep inside the two-city-block-wide horizontal slabs of the building, and by the provision of a generous, 20-foot high ceiling at the street level, allowing views out to the surrounding streets.
	www.singerarchitects.com /history_mccarter.shtml (4911 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Singer Building
		The 41-story Singer Building, the tallest in the world in 1908 when it was completed at Broadway and Liberty Street, was until Sept. 11, 2001, the tallest structure ever to be demolished.
		Begun in 1906, the Singer Building incorporated Flagg's model for "a city of towers," with the 1896 structure reconstructed as the base, and a 65-foot-square shaft rising 612 feet high, culminating in a bulbous mansard and giant lantern at the peak.
		Singer kept its offices high in the tower, and the bulbous top became one of New York's best known landmarks, even though it was superseded by the 700-foot-tall Metropolitan Life Tower on East 23rd Street in 1909.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /GON/GON003.htm (1436 words)

	Skyscraper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word skyscraper was first applied to such buildings in the late 19th century, reflecting public amazement at the tall buildings being built in New York City.
		Buildings up to about four stories can be supported by their walls, while skyscrapers are larger buildings that must be supported by a skeletal frame.
		The first building to fit the engineering definition meanwhile was the then largest hotel in the world, the Grand Midland Hotel, now known as St Pancras Chambers in London completed in 1873 and 82 metres (269 feet) tall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skyscraper (1398 words)

	Singer Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Singer Corporation was established as I.M. Singer and Co. in 1851 by Issac Merritt Singer.
		Company headquarters were in the Singer Building, designed by architect Ernest Flagg, who also designed two landmark residences for Bourne.
		Constructed in 1906 at New York City during Bourne's tenure, the Singer Building (now demolished) became the tallest building in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singer_Corporation (205 words)

	Singer Sewing Shoppe L.L.C. ann arbor michigan\| History of singer company
		The Singer Company is proud to have "taught the world to sew," a tradition that began over a century and one-half ago and still continues today.
		Singer's plant in Elizabeth, New Jersey was using the method of mass production as early as the 1870s, long before Henry Ford would apply it to automobile production.
		By 1908, the growing company was housed in the Singer Building, a 47-story building in New York City, at that time the first skyscraper and tallest building in the world.
	www.singersewingshoppe.com /history.htm (301 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Singer also conceived the idea of using a treadle similar to that of a spinning wheel; all other machines at the time used a hand crank to generate power.
		Singer recovers from World War II when sewing machine production was suspended, reaching $307.8 million in sales during its centennial year.
		Singer Headquarters are relocated to a new facility in Stamford, Connecticut.
	www.singerco.com /company/history_pf.html (1365 words)

	Singer Sewing Machine, The Singer Story, Singer Memories
		The Singer Building in Manhattan, built in 1906, was the world's first skyscraper.
		For much of its history the bluest of blue-chip companies, Singer was one of the first large corporations to lose its moorings in the twentieth century, falling prey to wave after wave of increasingly ruthless corporate raiders.
		The Singer story, which continues to unfold in courtrooms around the world, is an instructive tale which illuminates the role and impact of corporations in the modern world through the long lens of its 150 year history.
	www.singermemories.com (481 words)

	SINGER® - At Home Worldwide
		Little did he realize that the newly formed I. Singer and Company was destined to become the world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of sewing related products and that the Singer brand name would one day become famous around the world.
		In 1908, the Singer Building at 149 Broadway in New York was inaugurated.
		The 47 stories building, which was the tallest in the world at the time, remained Singer’s corporate headquarters for the next 54 years.
	www.singerbd.com /corporate.htm (564 words)

	SoHo Partnership \| Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Its construction began in the spring of 1903, five years before he would create the Singer Tower that for a short time was the world's tallest building.
		The attic level is surmounted by an extremely ornate roof cornice held on intricately curved iron brackets.
		Actually, the Little Singer Building, said to be structurally Flagg’s most inventive achievement, is an L–shaped structure which has a 37–foot wide iron–trimmed facade at 88 Prince Street similar to the 50–foot facade on Broadway.
	www.ace4homeless.org /ace/P/soho_community_arch007.html (331 words)

	NEW YORK SCRAPERS - EARLY CENTURY II
		At 204 m it was the first building to exceed in height such old monuments as the Pyramid of Cheops, the Washington Monument and the towers of Cologne Cathedral, although it was still far from beating the Eiffel Tower -- despite the Singer officials shamelessly praising it as "the highest building in the world".
		An indication of the bulk of the building was the fact that it remained the largest office building (by internal volume) in the world until the Empire State Building of 1931.
		The building site is only 15 m wide and 27.5 m deep, and the architects remarked that they wanted to make the building "a model for the tall, narrow building in the center of a city block." And it was regarded as such for the next decade of feverish urban construction.
	www.greatgridlock.net /NYC/nyc1a.html (2599 words)

	University House - Wired New York Forum
		As the nonprofit group that had been exploring building a 23-story dormitory on E. Ninth St. announced it is pulling out of the project, opponents of the plan recently uncovered a potential new threat: a permit issued for “repairs and restoration” of the facade of the old school building on the site.
		Singer, the building’s landlord, however, variously claimed to not really know what was going on and that the repairs were being done for “the tenant,” which he doesn’t yet have.
		Lopez conveyed to Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster that she feels it’s illegal for Singer to get a permit to demolish the facade when the building is being considered for landmark status.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5015 (3741 words)

	Buildings says no to E. 9th St. I-can’t-believe-it’s-a-dorm dorm
		Among the objections to the project listed by Buildings’ plan examiner was that the developer must “substantiate dormitory use…for ‘college or school student’ housing …floors 3-19 indicate residential apartments layout.” In other words, to the examiner, Singer’s planned dormitory tower addition does not resemble a dormitory when the interior layouts are scrutinized.
		Singer’s application for an alteration permit to raze the old school building’s 10th St. side to clear way for the new tower is still pending.
		Singer’s representatives have to come in and meet with the examiner about the alteration permit, Givner said, adding that to date, Singer’s people have not called to schedule an appointment.
	www.thevillager.com /villager_86/buildingsaysnoto.html (1095 words)

	First skyscraper, Singer logo
		Singer also established a cabinet factory in Quebec, for which it purchased 500 square miles of forest, obtained timber rights, built a sawmill in nearby Thurso, and a company town, Singer, Quebec.
		Singer's presence was equally prominent in any city, anywhere in the world, within a decade of the machine's invention.
		The Singer logo had to be modified in Russia because the letter S does not exist in the Cyrillic alphabet.
	www.singermemories.com /singer-empire.html (495 words)

	[NYtenants-online] NY Tenants Online 2/6/01
		Singer bought the building for $3 million and intends to spend another $10 million to $12 million to restore it, Winiarsky said.
		In court last week, Singer testified that he had several prospective tenants, but said none have been willing to negotiate a lease for fear of being targeted by CHARAS supporters, who have staged pickets and launched fax-jams against groups rumored to be interested in the property.
		Singer had not made a good-faith effort to find community-oriented tenants for the building, and that testimony had shown that the city does not enforce such deed restrictions.
	www.tenant.net /pipermail/nytenants-online/2001-February/000048.html (2368 words)

	Boundless: Princeton Professor Singer: For Mom, He Changes His Tune
		Singer is a moral utilitarian, who believes that the morality of any action should not be judged by any transcendent moral standard.
		Singer may well be the abortion movement's worst nightmare, George believes, "precisely because he's willing to say where the logic of their position leads, and embrace that logic."
		In fact, Singer may well be the abortion movement's worst nightmare, George believes, "precisely because he's willing to say where the logic of their position leads, and embrace that logic." Prochoicers should fear Singer because he comes right out and says what they're privately thinking.
	www.boundless.org /2000/features/a0000185.html (1357 words)

	‘Restoration’ of CHARAS building called a façade to block landmarking
		As the nonprofit group that had been exploring building a 23-story dormitory on E. Ninth St. announced it is pulling out of the project, opponents of the plan last week uncovered potentially a new threat: a permit issued for “repairs and restoration” of the façade of the old school building on the site.
		Singer, however, variously claimed to not really know what was going on and that the repairs were being done for “the tenant,” which he doesn’t yet have.
		Singer denied knowledge of the offers and reiterated he didn’t buy the building to sell it, but to lease it.
	www.thevillager.com /villager_56/restoration.html (1381 words)

	Note
		Designed by Earnest Flagg and completed in 1911, the Singer Building was at the time of its completion the tallest building in the world.
		Of all the structures depicted, the Woolworth is seen from the greatest distance, and this distance allows Marcus to represent it as quite a bit shorter – on the two dimensional plane of the page – than the two former champions closer in.
		In this drawing, the taller a building is, the more indistinct it becomes, and the further it moves from the nineteenth century commitments which Marcus links to the Church.
	www.people.virginia.edu /~sat4n/notes/note02.html (483 words)

	Singer Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A beautiful little building on Singer Castle's Dark Island is being brought back to its original glory after several years of neglect.
		It was designed by Ernest Flagg, an important Beaux-Art architect who designed the castle and also the Singer Building in New York City in 1908, the world's tallest building at the time.
		A unique architectural feature of Flagg's Singer Castle was his use of skylights, something relatively unheard of when the castle was completed in 1905.
	www.singercastle.com /seiten/a_press__2005_rel1.html (411 words)

	Gary Singer ignored building rules - Victoria - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
		Cr Singer is involved in several property investments around inner Melbourne directly or through his syndicate.
		Two building notices were issued relating to building works, which were cancelled three weeks later on August 27.
		By October, Cr Singer was running as a candidate in the City of Melbourne elections.
	www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,18170890-2862,00.html (636 words)

	Lower Manhattan Information - Did You Know - Singer Building
		The building, in which the visions of French architect Ernest Flagg and Singer Sewing Company President Frederick Bourne were merged, earned a prominent place on the New York skyline and held the title of world's tallest building for more than a year.
		But because the Singer Company was determined to make its mark on the city, Bourne opted to nearly double the height of the tower, to 612 feet.
		In 1961, Singer, like many companies during the era, was eager to join the throngs of large companies relocating to Midtown Manhattan and soon announced its plans to sell the downtown tower.
	www.lowermanhattan.info /history/didyouknow/did_you_know_that_60962.asp (544 words)

	Genetic defenders protect crops from fungal disease - Carnegie Institution News
		The building’s design encourages frequent interaction among researchers facilitating the collaborations from which startling new advances often arise.
		The almost 80,000 square-foot Singer building has 13 modern and well-equipped research laboratories, as well as shared spaces, such as a library, meeting rooms, genomics facilities, specialized instrument rooms, and supply rooms.
		Singer came to Carnegie in 1988 from the National Institutes of Health, where she was chief of the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the National Cancer Institute.
	www.carnegieinstitution.org /news_releases/news_0511_29.html (517 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - The Singer Building! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There is still the Little Singer Bldg in Soho, which hasn't been demolished yet, and was actually built 4 years before the the one that claimed the WTB for a year.
		I am surprised that the Singer Bldg was never landmarked so that it could stay up, though neither was the World Bldg, which was demolished in the 1950's for an extending road for the Brooklyn Br.
		the city investing building that share the block with singer is one ugly and chaotic structure though...
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=248673 (1885 words)

	Singer Building in King Kong - SkyscraperPage Forum
		In the far right corner, for a brief moment, the Singer Building is perfectly visible, in all her glory.
		The Woolworth Building is also seen at the left of the screen, but I am extremely impressed that they would recreate and research the exact architecture of a demolished building for a second of a shot that no one (except nerds like me) would notice.
		For those of you who've never heard of the the Singer Building, it was the tallest building in the world from 1908 to 1909.
	forum.skyscraperpage.com /showthread.php?p=2005816#post2005816 (671 words)

	Singer Company Records1860-1985
		The firm was incorporated in New York as the Singer Manufacturing Company in June 1863, Clark being determined to prevent the partnership from becoming entangled in disputes among Singer and his heirs.
		Singer took his shares and moved to Europe, where he pursued the good life on a grand scale.
		Singer was reincorporated in New Jersey on February 20, 1873.
	www.hagley.lib.de.us /2207.htm (712 words)

	Real Estate Weekly: Singer: building on confined sites poses construction challenges - Brad Singer - HRH Construction ...
		The first is the formidable task of building in tight, narrow lots.
		Over the past several decades, the firm has been involved with the building of some of New York's most recognizable landmarks, such as the Jacob K. Javits Center, the renovation of Madison Square Garden and the conversion of the Gulf & Western office building into Trump International Hotel and Tower.
		The "building on top of a building" design dedicated the first 31 floors to the college, with 120 dorm rooms, five lecture rooms totaling 1,210 SF, three student lounges totaling 1,800 SF, and an 800-SF health club.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_12_49/ai_93793391 (457 words)

	THE CAINES PAINT STORE BUILDING
		The “Singer” building next door and furniture contents suffered major water damage, and a new roof had to be quickly constructed in the week thereafter.
		Singer remained through the early 1920s, at which time the business was sold to John J. Thwaites.
		The side of the awning states “Undertaking.” Above on the building is the sign “Furniture.” On the left in the Eslow Block are movie posters from the Bijou Theater.
	www.albionmich.com /history/histor_notebook/031228.shtml (902 words)

	Clark Construction Group, LLC
		BALTIMORE — Construction of two new buildings is underway near the west entrance of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Homewood Campus.
		The Maxine F. Singer building, a 79,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, will become the new home of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Embryology, which has been affiliated with the University since 1913.
		The two-story office building will be located nearby, atop a 523-space parking structure that will serve both facilities, the JHU Club and the general campus.
	www.clarkconstruction.com /Portfolio/ViewPressRelease.asp?prid=185 (243 words)

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