The Forward Building

George Boehm

1912

Founded in 1897 in New York City, the democratic socialist Yiddish daily Forverts quickly became the most popular Jewish newspaper in the United States (and the most widely circulated non-English-language newspaper in the country). By 1912, it was successful enough to afford the construction of a large, impressive Beaux Arts building for its headquarters. Designed by George Boehm and towering over other buildings nearby, including the Jarmulowsky Bank Building, the edifice included an ornate façade, a clock tower, and four bas-relief busts of the prominent socialists Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Ferdinand Lassalle, and August Bebel. The building is no longer the home of the newspaper, but it remains standing and is a New York City landmark.

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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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