New York Tribune Building

Designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, the headquarters of the New York Tribune newspaper was the tallest building in the city, rising 260 feet to the tip of its ornamental tower. In 1883, the first 10-story masonry structure became the base for an addition of nine stories, a common practice in the late 19th century.^[1]

Designed by Richard Morris Hunt who was the 1st American Architect to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts (and demolished in 1966), the tallest building in New York at 260 ft. is the New York Tribune Building

In 1872 Horace Greeley Defeated as the Presidential Candidate for the Liberal Republican Party was longtime abolitionist, founder, and editor of the New York Tribune.