A Postcard from the old Airline Terminal Building 1941.
Located on the southwest corner of Park Ave. and 42nd Street, the Airline Terminal Building stood on the the side of the Hotel Belmont 1906.
The Belmont closed its doors 1930 in the background is the old Murray Hill Hotel.
The demolition of the Belmont Hotel summer of 1931.
Construction begann in the fall of 1939, with may 1940 scheduled for the opening.
under construction April 22 1940
1941
Main entrance
interior
1951
1954 from terminal to building and reduced importance
in color 1970s
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Woolworth Building
Channel 6 1963
Easter lighting c. 1963
1965
1967
Sadly low res fish eye view of the leftover buildings at Zuccotti Park c. 1969
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TK2000
January 30, 2020, 2:10am
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500 5th Avenue construction
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Western Electric Building at night c. mid 1960s
North Tower and 90 West from the highway c. 1969
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The best Madison Square Garden from 1890.
View on Forth Avenue
View from Metropolitan Life Building in the distance is the old Park Ave. Hotel.
Looking sputh from Madison Square Garden 1891 bevor the construction from Metropolitan Life Building.
1910s
View from the Madison Square Garden 1910.
Madison Square Park 1910
Madison Square Park 1920
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I’m happy this one is still around. Really cool building.
All of Maddison Park is still really beautiful!
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the old Appellate Court from 1902
View from the Madison Square Garden 1893 looking east
View from the Madison Square Garden 1893 looking south with the first Metropolitan Life Building.
All Two pics from the Moses King 1893.
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City Hall and Post office at night, Woolworth and Transportation Buildings dominate
Post Office being demolished seen from 195 Broadway
Transportation Building c. 1927, one of my favorites
With the Woolworth Building in 1963
Both c. 1970s, Woolworth was renovated in 1977-79 and the Transportation Building had detailing stripped around the 1990s
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I’m low key obsessed with the Bleecker Tower.
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1969 aerial of the WTC construction, showing the Hudson Terminal South Building on the right. The art deco Roebling Building is still standing for some reason but it will be gone by the end of 1970.
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5th Avenue corner 55th Street 1930s
View from the St. Paul Building summer 1897
View from Municipal Building 1920
View from the ITT Building 1929
10th April 1935 New wing from the Post Office nearing the completion.
Foundation from a new Building 1930s
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TK2000
February 4, 2020, 3:37pm
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One of the worst things ever built in the city.
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Skyline 1912
view from the Whitehall Building 1912
view from the Brooklyn Bridge 1929Preformatted text
Two Pics from a Zeppelin 1928
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Dun Building and Vincent Building at 294 and 302 Broadway
Dun Building
Earlier rendering of the 1898 building with extra floors
1961: Dun Building seen behind Tweed’s Courthouse and the Sun Building
1968; the Dun Building being demolished at left
1969 after the Dun Building demolition; the party walls of the adjacent Chanler and Vincent Buildings can be seen as they are also prepped for demolition
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The old Twin Towers in the Skyline 1996.
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What’s the building under construction next to one of the WFC buildings?
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NYMEX Building at 300 Vesey
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