You @Alemel found a nice old after colored picture from Brooklyn.
Then it might also be possible to recolor this old black and white picture from 1860. It has a very high resolution for the time, I find the shot very interesting.
That shot of Brooklyn was taken in 1904, so 44 years of photographic advance in technology is a lot, that’s why it has such high resolution. I’m still more surprised by the lack of quality in the black and white photo because photos at that time were are also perfectly clear.
wait… what exactly was 1860?
What are you asking? 1860 was just the year the photo was taken.
The following are two historic images both dating from 1875.
The ‘Palace of the Delights of Harmony’ (Xieqiqu), Yuanmingyuan, viewed from the south, across the weed choked pool, reflecting the ruins of the palace.
This photo shows the Windsore Hotel in New York destroyed by fire in 1899. The resolution is not much better in the original.
I mean in general, neither photo really still highlights the terrible quality of the 1860 photo, it’s still clear that 15 years of development in photography still had an affect, this also has to do with the camera that was used. The 1860’s photo looks worse than some Daguerreotype photos from the 1830s and 1840s.
I like the first photo a lot, is there a photo before the destruction?
That’s a question for Mackensen, I can’t actively find a real photo upon searching for it, only drawings and engravings of it and a virtual remake of it.
How would I like to see a megatall project here? or at least see a 1850 feet supertall. Yes, I dream sometimes since I planned my Sky High Tower here once too.
is a megatall possible on park avenue?
why don’t you model the sky high?
Huh?? 
I don’t know how many times I have to repeat this to sound like a broken record, there are NO height limits in Manhattan unless otherwise specified in a specific districts zoning, those of which are relatively few. It’s not a matter of if something is possible, it’s a matter of is it appropriate and/or is there enough space for the structure to support it sufficiently.
If Mackensen came to me with that request well that would be a conversation between the two of us, it’d be a different story if someone was requesting something for someone else. Otherwise, I don’t take requests for models, there’s a difference in me modeling something that I want to model and to fulfill requests for stuff I already have modeled (like when Mackensen requested perspectives of Midtown West) because I already had that modeled, it’s different if someone asks me to model something that I have to start from scratch.
I don’t make money doing what I do, so I can’t take the time to model something to fulfill requests without charging, which I don’t particularly want to do so that is why I don’t take requests. I am the one that paid for my software licenses, I can’t fulfill random requests freely if I don’t make money on with my own work.
Also, sorry for spamming @Mackensen
What was actually in the front part of the building? Is it possible that only the mechanics for the operation of the fountain was housed there?
If the main part housed the large sall with one or two antechambers, but there was a very small water reservoir on the roof.
I am just imagining the floorplan and the possible cross section.
What would it cost to build a modern copy of this building in New York (with a different roof)? Or in an enlarged version as an entrance building for the NY Casino.
^^^^
good suggestion for the New York Casino.
that would also be worth a nice rendering
@ThreeWentDown
Sky High Tower
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmwz5Yv0eh/
When was the color change (lighting) installed at 55 Water Street?
An Oct 2016 image with the lights mentions that they may have been installed somewhere earlier that year.
I photographed the track plans of Penn and Grand Central Station from three old German language magazines.
The floor plan of Grand Central Terminal, the baggage halls were later demolished to make way for the Pan Am (Met Life) Building.
This shows the top track floor of Grand Central, yes there was no other way to photograph it.
This shows the lower level of the Grand Central and the intermediate level that connects the two levels.
The Biltmore Hotel (1913) had its own entrance to Grand Central.
Are the track plans still current or have many been decommissioned over the years?
Tracks and platforms at Penn Station dating back to 1913. How many additions and tracks are to be added in the next few years?
Who has questions about the German-language picture description can ask me with pleasure.
