New York World Building
Pulitzer's domed newspaper tower once claimed the world's height record, then disappeared for a widened approach to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
The headquarters of Joseph Pulitzer's New York World newspaper on Park Row in Manhattan.
George B. Post designed a tall masonry and steel-framed office building crowned by a gilded dome. Its pressrooms, offices and symbolic skyline presence embodied the power of mass newspapers.
Existence timeline
Pulitzer commissions a prominent headquarters for the New York World.
The domed tower enters public and working life on Newspaper Row.
The building becomes a symbol of the city's press and vertical growth.
Road engineers require more space beside the Brooklyn Bridge.
The former newspaper landmark is removed for the ramp.
Why it ended
The building was demolished in 1955 to make way for an expanded automobile ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Last confirmed trace
Architectural drawings, photographs, newspaper archives and fragments preserve the vanished tower.
What it left behind
Its removal marks the moment when road capacity displaced a landmark of the earlier newspaper city.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.