The Tower Building
was arguably New York City's first skyscraper, and the first building with a steel
skeleton structure. Architect Bradford
Lee Gilbert filed plans for its construction on 17 April 1888, it was completed
on 27 September 1889 and demolished for tax purposes beginning in 1913. The
resulting structure was 39 m / 129 feet in height, and 11 stories high. Gilbert made models to convince the city
to permit the construction of his unusual design. Source
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