Was that “I LOVE NY” on the twin towers real?
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I’ve seen this ad a few times and they’ve done similar things so I wouldn’t doubt it
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Late 1968:
View from 26 Federal Plaza showing the Municipal Building and Urban Renewal
Similar view showing notably Chase Manhattan Plaza, Marine Midland Bank, and the Singer Building demolition site, as well as the Woolworth Building
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I also found some other shots of the WTC construction and the Singer Building site carnage.
Radio Row, 1966
Demolition, circa late 1968
1969
1970; demolition of the 18-story Roebling Building seen from the roof of 139 Broadway
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Those urban ‘renewal’ photos give me stomach pain.
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Same. It’s sad that it wasn’t until around 1967 or 1968 (if I remember right) that the LPC was able to intervene to save anything (like those townhouses on the west side). By then there was literally just one building left by the Brooklyn Bridge, and the south street area was further ahead than that.
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- View of the Central NJ Railroad terminal and surrounding buildings, with the Home Insurance Building under construction
1963: View of the Syndicate Building, and partial view of the National Bank of Commerce Building. Built respectively in 1896 and 1897, and demolished in 1964 for 140 Broadway.
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view from the old Tribune Tower
the old Tribune Building 1963
the end of the Tribune Building 1966
Skylin 1966
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That '63 Tribune Building picture made me jump in my seat. Great pics.
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view up from the battery 1962
Peter Minuit Plaza
Brooklyn Skyline
Looking west from 42nd & Broadway
the old German American Insurance Company Building
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In my mostly unsuccessful attempts to find demolition pictures of the old 140 Broadway building complex, I thought I’d share other notable things:
Guaranty Trust Building at 140 Broadway c. 1958
Construction of 59 Maiden Lane, 1964
https://footage.framepool.com/en/shot/310865603-road-user-house-construction-street-sign-downtown
1963: Notice 60 Broadway being demolished for the Irving Trust annex and a building in front of the Brooklyn Bridge being demolished for an onramp
1967
1968: Singer and City Investing Buildings coming down
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more from Alfred Stieglitz
From my window at the shelton west
From my window at the shelton north
from room 3003 the shelton looking northeast 1927
from my window at an american place north
from the shelton 1935
from my window at an american place southwest
Park Avenue 1911 Vanderbilt Hotel under construction
Park Avenue 1911 two Towers
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Great shots!!!
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So cool thank you for sharing.
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