These are great shots man
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That last one is great. I was just at the top of the Rock (in the top right) today taking pics. It’s so empty, midtown is sparse.
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View west from 80 Pine Street. 80 Maiden Lane at right, 70 Pine at left, and the interesting wedding-cake Wadsworth Building in center,which would be demolished for Chase Plaza within 2 years
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View of One Chase Manhattan Plaza from Cedar Street, made possible by the full block demolition for 140 Broadway
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World Trade Center with the construction of the Bankers Trust Plaza
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View from the World Trade Center 1972
WTC 1972
Lower Manhattan
Skyline 1972
Top of the WTC 1972
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It really sucks Dick Cheney to see the loss of such gorgeous buildings. 140 B’Way was stunning.
The Taliban originated in NY.
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As much as I love 140 Broadway currently I can’t deny that the original building was an absolute gem. I have a book from 1963 where Alan Burnham (first exec. director of the LPC) declares it as important, but by the time the Landmarks Commission could even pretend to have power it was already rubble.
That whole block was a goldmine.
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How sad.
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Those are amazing. I’ve never seen anything like the first 2 before, and the last one makes me realize how underrated the Syndicate Building was.
1961:
Familiar faces from 1963
Radio Row near Telegram Square, featuring 30 West Broadway
1 Wall Street c. 1964. The lot behind is completely barren, neither the Manhattan Life Building nor 1965 addition
1959: 80 Pine Street under construction, and 60 John Street 5 years before partial demolition
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Manhattan Life Building 1952
mid 1960s
A Archive book over the Singer Building 1908. This book is very interesting.
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From the City website
Undated, but definitely 1962 judging by 60 Broad Street being under construction
View of a 1963 Ticker tape parade; video ends with an aerial of Broadway, showing an aerial of the demolished South Street area, a brief glimpse of 60 Broadway being demolished, plus Guaranty Trust Buildings being visible. Panning over to City Hall, the Tribune Building and the neighborhood surrounding is also visible.
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Most of these are from the mid 40s to early 50s but are undated.
1947
Early 50s
1956
Late 1950s
1959
1964, judging by the construction of 110 Wall Street
1968, featuring Singer Building demolition
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Tribune Building mid 1960s
view from the brooklyn bridge mid 1950s
lower Manhattan 1950s
Two Broadway under constructipn 1958
the old skyline in color 1962
lower Manhattan 1962
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- Note the Black Building by the Brooklyn Bridge being demolished
1966
Chase Plaza model c. 1955; the addition to Chase Plaza was only going to be a few stories, and 80 Pine was just a massive parking garage. Also note block models of buildings that were demolished in the 50s, like those by the Stock Exchange
1951, City Hall Park, Park Row and World Building
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The unforgettable Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) a old New York Landmark.
outside the Penn Station 1930s
birds eye view of the Penn Station
Penn Station in color
Penn Station
Street Level
main waiting room 1930 277x108x150 feet
shops in the station
Carways
The great hall
Penn Stations 7th Ave. facade in 1966
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the end of the old Penn Station
1966
construction of the new Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden opened night on 11 February 1968
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Decline and fall of civilization in 50 years.
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Ticker tape parade at Broadway and Cortlandt Street c. 1953, featuring the Singer Building
Protest at City Hall in front of Printing House Square c. 1960
City Hall c. 1962, note the white colored Black Building is now absent as the neighborhood slowly starts to vanish
Aerial of City Hall and Tribune Building c. 1963
Protest at City Hall c. 1964
Skyline c. 1964 with the Home Insurance Building under construction
A set of photos from a collection documenting the FDR construction circa 1953
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