Googling "Building Tours" tonight, looking for a building that would be interesting for the Emerging Leaders & Young Professionals committee, I came across the Woolworth Building, the tallest building in the world...
" On the night of April 24, 1913, the Woolworth Building illuminated the New York night as 80,000 incandescent bulbs throughout the tower flashed on, activated when President Woodrow Wilson flipped a ceremonial switch in Washington, D.C. The brilliant spectacle was a career-crowning achievement for the tower’s owner, the five-and-dime store king Frank W. Woolworth, who paid for the skyscraper with his personal fortune and took a hands-on role in every decision of its design. " http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/WOOLWORTH/WWat100PR.pdf (Skyscraper Museum Press Release)
Two things struck me from the press release:
80,000 incandescent bulbs throughout the tower flashed on, activated when President Woodrow Wilson flipped a ceremonial switch in Washington, D.C
Interesting article related article:
http://tribecacitizen.com/2013/03/04/what-i-learned-about-the-woolworth-building/
" On the night of April 24, 1913, the Woolworth Building illuminated the New York night as 80,000 incandescent bulbs throughout the tower flashed on, activated when President Woodrow Wilson flipped a ceremonial switch in Washington, D.C. The brilliant spectacle was a career-crowning achievement for the tower’s owner, the five-and-dime store king Frank W. Woolworth, who paid for the skyscraper with his personal fortune and took a hands-on role in every decision of its design. " http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/WOOLWORTH/WWat100PR.pdf (Skyscraper Museum Press Release)
Two things struck me from the press release:
80,000 incandescent bulbs throughout the tower flashed on, activated when President Woodrow Wilson flipped a ceremonial switch in Washington, D.C
- 80k incandescent bulbs... WTF, can you imagine how much electricity that building consumes? Can you imagine if the building ever decided to go under a renovation that would change the over to LED's? I can't even imagine!!!
- President Woodrow Wilson flipped a ceremonial switch in Washington D.C..... I really REALLLLLY want to know more about this. Why?? How??
Interesting article related article:
http://tribecacitizen.com/2013/03/04/what-i-learned-about-the-woolworth-building/
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