The ‘Tartarian Empire,’ the QAnon of Architecture
Tartarian Empire: Inside Architecture's Wildest Conspiracy Theory
      Sign up here for our CityLab Daily newsletter  In 1908, architect Ernest Flagg completed the Singer Building in Lower Manhattan, a Beaux-Arts showstopper made for the Singer sewing machine company. From a wide base, a slender 27-story tower rose, topped by a mansard roof and a delicate lantern spire.