Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - O David H. King Jr., o le tagata na fausia le mea na taʻua mulimuli ane o le "Striver's Row", na muamua ona ia faia le fausiaina o le 1870 Equitable Building, le 1889 New York Times Building, o le lomiga o le Madison Square Garden
na fuafuaina e Stanford White, ma le faavae o le Statue of Liberty. O fale i totonu o lana poloketi fou, lea na taʻua muamua o le "King Model Houses", na fuafuaina mo tagata papaʻe maualuluga-ogatotonu, ma faʻaalia ai mea faʻaonapo nei, laupapa pogisa, ma manatu o le City College. O le manatu o King, o le galuega o le a "matuā telē ma e tele punaʻoa e mafai ai ona ʻFaatupu se Vaipanoa' e lē faalagolago i aafiaga o le siʻosiʻomaga".