Cass Gilbert

A for-profit nursery school has signed a 20-year lease for space in a historic Brooklyn waterfront building designed by Cass Gilbert, architect of the Woolworth building in Manhattan.

A Williamsburg Warehouse Lives On Jim Callaghan 2011

Despite some early tall buildings of true beauty and distinction, like Sullivan's own Guaranty Building in Buffalo, N.Y., or William Le Baron Jenney's Home Insurance Building in Chicago, it was not until Cass Gilbert designed Manhattan's Woolworth Building in 1913, about a quarter of a century later, that the towered typology that we know today was finally born.

Heights of Fancy James Gardner 2011

The changes have been debated for years and came with a dissent from two justices who expressed concern about altering the symbolic experience of visiting the 75-year-old building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert.

Supreme Court closes its front doors to the public 2010

It also radically distorts the vigorous architecture of Cass Gilbert, who designed the 1935 courthouse with an entrance portico that orchestrates the entire meaning and drama of the building.

Closing main doors to the Supreme Court sends troubling message 2010

The changes have been debated for years and came with a dissent from two justices who expressed concern about altering the symbolic experience of visiting the 75-year-old building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert.

Supreme Court closes its front doors to the public 2010

The change has been under discussion for years, and was opposed by several justices who objected to altering the symbolic experience of entering the historic court building designed by architect Cass Gilbert.

Supreme Court to close front doors for security reasons 2010

The building is currently known as the Custom House building, designed by Cass Gilbert in the Beaux Arts style and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

National Archives at New York City Will Move to a New Location Next Year « ResourceShelf 2010

In 1910 Fred W. W.olworth, having transformed his five-and-dime stores into a corporate colossus, recruited architect Cass Gilbert to design a monument to his company.

The Skyscraper and the City Nicholas Desai 2008

Cass Gilbert, the architect behind what used to be (and is now again) one of the New York skyline's defining features, the 1913 Woolworth Building, once said, "a skyscraper is a machine that makes the land pay."

Where The Buffalo (Might) Roam 2007

The buyer agreed to pay $9.5 million for the home where architect Cass Gilbert lived a century ago.

Doumanian and Safra Sell House Where Cass Gilbert Lived 2000