The Manhattan Life Insurance Building

Tallest Building in NYC 1894-1899

Friday, January 7, 2011

Welcome to a small website
about an early and long gone
New York City skycraper


The Manhattan Life Insurance Building
(1894 - 1963)

Gallery 1
The Early Years 1894 - 1903
http://manhattanlifeinsurancebuilding.blogspot.com/2011/01/gallery-1-early-years-1894-1903.html

Gallery 2
The Late Years 1904 - 1930
http://manhattanlifeinsurancebuilding.blogspot.com/2011/01/gallery-2-late-years1904-1930.html



Gallery 3
The Unknown Years 1931 - 1963
http://manhattanlifeinsurancebuilding.blogspot.com/2011/01/gallery-3-unknown-years-1931-1963.html

Gallery 4
The Rooftop Mystery of the Manhattan Life Insurance Building
http://manhattanlifeinsurancebuilding.blogspot.com/2011/01/gallery-4-rooftop-mystery-of-manhattan.html

from the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York

 
The history of the Manhattan Life Insurance Building

A detailed text about the MLIB's history:

page 1
http://books.google.de/books?id=JVzYO1TyZ6AC&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&ots=yi6xE0Icxd&dq=%22manhattan+life+insurance+building%22&output=html

page 2
http://books.google.de/books?id=JVzYO1TyZ6AC&pg=PA198&lpg=PA197&ots=yi6xE0Icxd&dq=%22manhattan+life+insurance+building%22&output=html

page 3
http://books.google.de/books?id=JVzYO1TyZ6AC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA197&ots=yi6xE0Icxd&dq=%22manhattan+life+insurance+building%22&output=html
Posted by Schaedel at 5:02 PM 5 comments:
Older Posts Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

This page was rebuild with the help of some other New York History fans.

Thank you to Michal Juroska, Andy Frieder and some more, who want to stay anonymous.

Galleries

  • 1 - The Early Years: 1894 - 1903
  • 2 - The Late Years: 1904 - 1930
  • 3 - The Unknown Years: 1931 - 1963
  • 4 - The Rooftop Mystery of the Manhattan Life Insurance Building

About the Manhattan Life Insurance Building

architects:
Kimball & Thompson
adress:
64-66 Broadway NYC
construction:
1893-1894
demolition:
1963
height:
348 ft / 106 m
floors:
18
used as
office building
memorable:
Tallest Building NYC 1894-1899
Tallest Building of the world 1894 (7 months)
First skyscraper to pass the 100 m mark

The Manhattan Life Insurance Building

  • in the book "The American Skyscrapers"
  • at Chest of Books
  • at Skyscraper.org
  • at Wikipedia
  • at Emporis.com
  • at SkyscraperPage.com
  • at List of tallest buildings in NYC
  • 64-66 Broadway today

The New York Times about the Manhattan Life Insurance Building

  • (07-10-1894) CANNOT FIGURE ON ASSETS; COFFIN & STANTON'S AFFAIRS STILL IN A TANGLE
  • (08.10.1894) NEW QUARTERS FOR OBSERVER DUNN.; Will Have Offices in the Manhattan Life Tower After Jan. 1.
  • (07-04-1896) CUBANS PLEASED WITH THE NEWS
  • (15-09-1896) FLOODED THE BIG CELLAR
  • (16-04-1899) FIRE TEST ON SKYSCRAPER
  • (17-01-1902) NEW DOWN-TOWN SKYSCRAPER.; Manhattan Life Insurance Annex to Have Nineteen Stories
  • (01-01-1916) DETECTIVE SAVES A PAYROLL; Catches Two Suspects as They Hold Up a Broker's Messenger.
  • 66 (18-02-1928) BROADWAY SOLD; LONG A LANDMARK

Brothers and Sisters

  • The World Building (NEW)
  • The Gillender Building
  • The Old Equitable Building
  • The Columbia Building
  • The Tower Building

In German Language

  • Das MLIB-Rätsel
  • Das MLIB-Rätsel 2
  • Das MLIB-Rätsel 3
  • Manhattan Life Insurance Building
  • NY History Blog

New York City Links

  • NY Architecture
  • NYPL Digital Gallery
  • NY Songlines
  • The Bowery Boys
  • Forgotten NY
  • Wired NY Forum

UPDATES

07-01-11: finished rebuilding the blog
03-01-11: started rebuilding the blog
27-09-10: added a new blog design
13-03-10: new picture added (stereocard)
14-10-09: new picture added
12-09-09: new picture added
26-07-09: new picture added
18-07-09: blog started

About Me

My photo
Schaedel
View my complete profile
Contact: schaedeliof@yahoo.com

VISITORS

Counter
Awesome Inc. theme. Powered by Blogger.