Cass Gilbert
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Cass Gilbert was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court Building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas
Gilbert in 1907
Cass Gilbert standing in front of the drum atop the Minnesota State Capitol before its dome was placed
Gilbert's Woolworth Building in New York City was the world's tallest building when completed in 1913.
90 West Street, New York City, 1903
New York Life Building
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The New York Life Building, also known as 51 Madison, is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company at 51 Madison Avenue in the Rose Hill and NoMad neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York
Cass Gilbert
…Plans for cladding the George Washington Bridge support towers, New York–New Jersey, in masonry, 1926. Not carried out. New York Life Building, 1926. Gibraltar Building, 1927. headquarters for Prudential Insurance in Newark…
New York Life Insurance Building
Park Avenue entrance
Subway entrance inside the building
The building's roof from the north