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Symbol and satire in the French Revolution

1912 (1910s)

Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928

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                       ‘Crane Men at Work on a New York Skyscraper.’

(The Singer Building or Singer Tower (in the background) was a 41-storey building in Manhattan completed in 1908 as the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company. It was located on Liberty Street and Broadway in the Financial District of lower Manhattan.

It was the tallest building (187 m) in the world from 1908 to 1909. When built, the build­ing was topped by a 18m flag­pole, giv­ing it a tip height of 205 m. It was torn down in 1966, and is now the site of One Liberty Plaza.

The build­ing was com­mis­sioned by Frederick Bourne, the head of the Singer Sewing Ma­chine Com­pany. He hired ar­chi­tect Ernest Flagg,, who was an early ex­po­nent of the Beaux-Arts ar­chi­tec­tural style.)

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Flagg’s design for a proposed gateway arch, New York City

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5th Avenue (No. 7)

Charles Scribner's Sons Building is a building in Manhattan at 597 Fifth Avenue, built 1912–13 to house the Scribner's Bookstore.

It was designed by Ernest Flagg in a Beaux Arts style. Among its many details are piers anchoring three large bays which include four medallions with busts of printers: Benjamin Franklin, William Caxton, Johann Gutenberg, and Aldus Manutius. 

It was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and was deemed to have met the architectural and historical criteria for acceptance. But its owners objected in January 1982 as they were entitled to do in the NRHP listing process, so it was not finally listed. 

The Benetton Group purchased the building in the 1980s. Declining business forced the Scribner's Bookstore to relocate to a lower-rent district in New York before it was acquired by Barnes & Noble, Inc. The building has subsequently housed a Brentano's bookstore, a Benetton clothing store, a Sephora cosmetics, and currently houses a Lululemon Athletica retail store. 

A&A Investment Co. bought the Scribner Building in 2006. It was sold on to Thor Equities in 2011. 

The building was the location of Anthony Weiner's campaign office during his 2013 mayoral campaign, and was also where Cambridge Analytica had its New York office between 2016 and the company's collapse in 2018.

The Old Scribner Building, at 153–157 Fifth Ave. (at 21st), another Beaux Arts building designed by Ernest Flagg and built in 1893, was listed on the National Register in 1980. 

Source: Wikipedia

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Ernest Flagg, a Beaux-Arts trained New York architect designed the "Little Singer Building" in 1902

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Image from page 199 of "Symbol and satire in the French Revolution" (1912)

c.1912 (1910s)

Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928

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Naval Medical School Admin Building by StreetsofWashington Via Flickr: Continuing our tour of Observatory Hill in Foggy Bottom, this building still stands, and is now know simply as Building #3. It was designed by Ernest Flagg and finished in 1903.

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The Singer Building, New York City