Manhattan Life Insurance Building
The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was one of the first Gratte-ciel S in the world. It was built in the Borough of Manhattan to New York according to plans of Kimball and Thompson and under the direction of engineer Charles Sooysmith between 1893 and 1894. Its construction was ordered by the Manhattan Life Insurance Company which wished to build a Gratte-ciel which could exceed those of the competitors. That explains the fact that the building culminates with 106 meters, and comprises 18 stages; it was consequently the first skyscraper to cross the bar of the 100 meters, and the most building of New York between 1894 and 1899, by exceeding the New York World Building, before being in its turn exceeded by the Park Row Building which culminated with 119 meters. It was demolished in 1930 in order to leave room to the Irving Trust Bank Headquarters Building .
Manhattan Life Insurance Building was moreover one of the first buldings to use an electric ventilation system for the heating and air-conditioning.
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- Information on www.skyscraper.org
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