The last picture is so gorgeous! Sad thing it doesn’t have a higher resolution.
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Great photo. Didn’t realize the New York Telephone building looked like that. The reclad looks much better.
You’re right.
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New York - May 1985 by Bill Yagerlener, on Flickr
New York - May 1985 by Bill Yagerlener, on Flickr
New York - World Trade Center May 1985 by Bill Yagerlener, on Flickr
New York - World Trade Center - May 1985 by Bill Yagerlener, on Flickr
New York - World Trade Center- May 1985 by Bill Yagerlener, on Flickr
May 1985- this is the same year and month my father went to the World Trade Center on a school trip. It was two months after his birthday and he was 11 years old at the time. He says he remembers getting out of the school bus on a sunny day and looking up at 1 World Trade Center so hard that he almost fell back (I’ve done the same with the new one). He also said he remembers the giant lobby and the desk, and is still to this day shocked how fast the elevators took him and his classmates to the top. And the views, he does slightly remember as well, but he definitely knows he used the binoculars that were up there. He also had kept stating how beautiful they were, and strongly believes along with many people that they are the true symbol and nothing can beat them. I can see why he says that, if I saw them for myself then I most definitely could share that opinion. They were absolutely beautiful
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Every time I see photos of those buildings it stirs memories… both happy and painful.
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I was there Sept 10 
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You may not want to watch the whole thing. The acting is not great. The first 20 minutes or so are interesting. It shows in a realistic way how things were back then plus great city shots.
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The buildings were shorter back then, but they looked taller. No all-glass blocks, and a real attempt to make the buildings look like they’re reaching for the sky.
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Photo 35, Empire State Building looks like it’s imposed into the shot
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Broad Street and Beaver Street, in the 1954 movie Woman’s World. On the left is the RCA Building, reskinned into 60 Broad Street in 1962. In the far background are the Blair and Commercial Cable Buildings just before demolition
The little known Commercial Cable Annex Building, 67 Exchange Place, and the Fahys Building (on the site of the Federal Reserve)
Fun fact: in 1894, the Manhattan Life Insurance Building(106m) took the title of world’s tallest from the Pulitzer Building (94m) and was the first office building to surpass the 100 meter milestone. By the end of its life, it was 91m, shorter than the building it took the title from.
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Phenomenal set of pics, thank you for sharing! There are so many little details of older buildings and neighborhoods under construction that are easily overshadowed today. I’m always impressed at the scale and density of the city even 80-100 years ago.
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Jesus, I just spent about an hour poring over these pics. Just incredible seeing so much city history in them!
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cool to see Yonkers towards the end there.
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so fucked up 
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