The Singer Building is an old skyscraper located in the district of Manhattan, with New York. Its construction was completed in 1908, to contain the offices of the company Singer. Singer Building was the most building of New York between 1908 and 1909, and was regarded as one of the first skyscrapers. Its architect, Ernest Flagg, was defender of restrictions architectural (in height and the surface), which led it to imagine a particular form for the building, which comprises twelve stages which are spread out over the totality of a block (space delimited by the perpendicular streets and avenues), and a tower much narrower which culminates with 186 meters.

During its inauguration in 1908, Singer Building became the most building in the world, and especially the first modern and laic structure to carry this title. Previously, all the buildings to carry this title were indeed monk, often European cathedrals. Singer Building was détrôné in 1909 by the Metropolitan Life Tower, which exceeded for the first time the bar of the 200 meters, while culminating with 213 meters.

Singer Building was destroyed in 1968 to leave its place to the One Liberty Plaza, near the site of the World Trade Center. It was the largest building ever destroyed in New York, before the attacks of September 11th, 2001, which damaged besides the successor of Singer Building, the One Liberty Plaza.