WOOLWORTH BUILDING

Much better.

They paid cash for this one. The first time I went to New York, I headed straight for this building; I nearly fell on my knees and wept when I saw it. I'd seen many pictures, but the real thing was unbelievably beautiful - the tower just leaps into the sky.

Thank Woolworth for spending a little extra, but thank Cass Gilbert most of all. When he had the chance to design another New York skyscraper, he dropped the ball, but this one was his masterpiece.