Can’t remember if I posted this before. First five minutes or so worth watching.
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Mutual Life Building
Original building (bottom) is from 1884, with 4 annexes added between 1888 and 1902. This includes 2 other early skyscrapers (Stokes and Queen Building) that it was connected to internally and by bridge.
Aerial view from National Bank of Commerce Building in 1948, 7 years before demolition
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the race for the tallest: 40 Wall Street under construction
New York City - Manhattan Downtown skyline, c.1929 by cobra victor, on Flickr
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1960
Mutual Life Head house demolition 1955
1961
Seamen’s Church demolition 1969
Singer Building lobby early-mid 60s
Broad Street 1958
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Always so weird to see images of MSG without the theater expansion addition on 8th Ave.
Thanks for showing the verso
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Midtown at night; Citigroup Tower crown U/C in the back. GE Building/30 Rock looming large.
Midtown Skyline at Night, New York - 1970s by cobra victor, on Flickr
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^ When BPC was just landfill -
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Love this one!
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Vincent Building in 1965, with Federal Building site in foreground. Amazing building designed by George B. Post, demolished in 1969.
Federal Building construction with demolition of old buildings on the lot to the west
Over the park in '66
1967 rendering of the building at 90 Washington Street. Yes, it somehow could have been worse
Broad Street around 1966. Broad Street Hospital (white, right side) and Bull Line Building (brown) are where 2 NY Plaza are, the handsome little gray building is where 4 NY Plaza is
original AT&T Building rendering. In case you’ve wondered why the existing building is asymmetrical, it was supposed to be an absolute fucking chonker
- The center corridor is the City Investing Building’s, right is the Singer Building’s. The mahogany column was the Chemical Bank’s quarters
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20 minutes -
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[Statue of Liberty at Dusk] by SMU Libraries Digital Collections, on Flickr
1965
Just stumbled upon this amazing photo on Flickr. You can still see the Singer Building in the skyline!
1984
Statue of Liberty recieving scaffolding for the major restoration work that was completed in 1986, and you can see two towers of the World Financial Center under construction
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Incredible, thanks for sharing!
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