Show i k H H ii H I r FIRST SKYSCRAPER 4 4 TO BE TORN DOWN d' d b br 4 r NEW YORK Oct 29 Tho Tho Tho c 4 first building over erected 4 oj r around a skeleton of steel the 44 4 r 4 forerunner of the skyscrapers 4 which h aro are known to today ay in in al al- 4 d dr 4 r most evory every American c city ty is to 4 r 1 4 z be torn d down The structure is is 4 4 1 I. known as tho Tower buil building 4 r rI 4 I but this has become a misnomer 4 d 4 When it was erected in iu 1889 at 44 4 h hI 4 I. I No 50 Broadway it w was as the 4 oj 4 h marvel of the tho cit city being eleven u 4 4 stories in boi height Today with with- 4 in a stones stone's throw of the old 4 r structure thero there are buildings s Z 4 from Irom three to four times as r 4 1 i. high Ni N 4 i The Tho bo Tower building is iK owned o w 4 1 by Standard Standart Oil interests who nho 44 4 or i ii 4 i at have havo found that the structure 4 X i 41 r no ton loner r pays nays for its prorating 4 r co cost t. t It It has as been decided to toto to r 4 demolish h it to make a R saving iu Ju i ir at 4 r taxes t I II I 4 t 1 t h t |