New York Metropolitan Vintage Photo/Video Collection

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Pics orginal by Robert Cameron from the book Above New York 1988 on flickr.

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Rendering of unbuilt plan to demolish half of Penn Station for a parking lot, 1960

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More pictures from my favorite part of the old NYC. All of them are from http://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org


The old Trinity Building in 1902
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Liberty Street where we can see a bit more of the Bourne building - 1915
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Boy using a water pump on Church Street. We can see the Fidelity and Casualty building on the corner.
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Fidelity and Casualty bldg on the left and U.S. Realty bldg on the right - 1915
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Undated picture of Lower Manhattan, but from the old Guaranty Trust Co. bldg there and no signs of the Trinity Building it’s before 1905.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CErLdkjnPU6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDEs0r8BlMD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmTQcqhe9M/

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Platt & John Street 1930

80 John Street Building 1930

Royal Insurance Building 1931

Franklin National Bank Building under construction on two pics

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Maiden Lane 1960s.

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Singer Building circa 1898, Bourne Building readied for construction in the background

1967 skyline

Early winter, 1967. Eerily, urban renewal from the year before appears to have practically shrunk the size of the city

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEZ7-Kh9v3/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B89O1kJhevG/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pjzF-IBnI/

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Skyline view from 1927


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Does anyone have a photo of the roof terrace of the Hudson Terminal Building?

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A proposal for a new courthouse in New York from 1914 by the architect H. Van Buren

Location in New York

Typical Floorplan

Groundfloor Plan

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Sim City 4 the best City-Game


RCA Building under construction

The old Penn Station

Sim City Mid-Manhattan 1930s

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Oh Korver representations are the best! He puts a lot of effort using mods and image editing to make these fantastic representations from all parts of the world.

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1959

1959

1962

1964

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Is that a blimp on the 1st photo? In front of 70 Pine

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nope, probably just an artifact from aging/degradation.

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Yeah looks like the picture just showing its age

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Seaboard National Bank Building

Broad and Beaver Streets, September 1964: Seaboard National Bank Building is being demolished

Little League Ticker Tape Parade down Broadway, September 1964

Guaranty Trust Company Building(s)
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Every month or so I search for demolition pictures of the 140 Broadway site, even though I come across some new things I never find any

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1948-1949

1949-1950

World Building and Tribune Building 1953

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Skyline Brooklyn 1950s

Skyline Brooklyn 1929


1929


1950s

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during a WW2 blackout.

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