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Noir Nostalgia - Old Images of New York   On opening night of the NYC Woolworth building 80,000 incandescent bulbs illuminated the New York night on April 24, 1913, with a ceremony as fantastic as the structure itself. President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in the White House that simultaneously lit every interior floor and the brilliant tower beacon. In the lantern at the tower's tip, engineers designed a cluster of twenty 1,000-watt lamps creating "an immense ball of fire." (courtesy of... New York City, Urban, Architecture, York, Manhattan, Art Nouveau, Vintage New York, Art Deco, Vintage Photos
Noir Nostalgia - Old Images of New York On opening night of the NYC Woolworth building 80,000 incandescent bulbs illuminated the New York night on April 24, 1913, with a ceremony as fantastic as the structure itself. President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in the White House that simultaneously lit every interior floor and the brilliant tower beacon. In the lantern at the tower's tip, engineers designed a cluster of twenty 1,000-watt lamps creating "an immense ball of fire." (courtesy of...
The New York Life Insurance Building, c.1897. Built by the NYC Gilded Age Architectural firm, McKim, Mead & Stanford White. Adorned with a clock tower, and bronze globe with eagle. Located at: 346 Broadway & Leonard St. NY. Wurt & Bros. photo. ~~ {cwl} ~~ (NYTimes) New York Life Insurance Company, Ferry Building San Francisco, The New York Times, New York Life, New York, New York Pictures
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The New York Life Insurance Building, c.1897. Built by the NYC Gilded Age Architectural firm, McKim, Mead & Stanford White. Adorned with a clock tower, and bronze globe with eagle. Located at: 346 Broadway & Leonard St. NY. Wurt & Bros. photo. ~~ {cwl} ~~ (NYTimes)
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When S. Klein’s store dominated Union Square
vintage everyday: 48 Beautiful Old New York Buildings That No Longer Exist Turin, Old Building, Libros, Landmarks, Literatura, Old Buildings
Vintage Photos of 48 Beautiful New York Buildings That No Longer Exist
vintage everyday: 48 Beautiful Old New York Buildings That No Longer Exist
Aerial view of General Motors Building (Edward Durell Stone-Emery Roth & Sons, 1968) looking to souteast showing old Sherry-Netherland Hotel (Schultze & Weaver-Buchman & Kahn, 1928) at left and the Squibb Building (Ely Jacques Kahn, 1930) at right. Fall 1968.  Source: Goldberger, Paul. “The Skyscraper”. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1981. City Photography, Country, Manhattan Skyline, York City, New York Skyline
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Aerial view of General Motors Building (Edward Durell Stone-Emery Roth & Sons, 1968) looking to souteast showing old Sherry-Netherland Hotel (Schultze & Weaver-Buchman & Kahn, 1928) at left and the Squibb Building (Ely Jacques Kahn, 1930) at right. Fall 1968. Source: Goldberger, Paul. “The Skyscraper”. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1981.
Manhattan circa 1908 - glass negative via Detroit Publishing Co. Times Square, 42nd Street, Broadway, Lower Manhattan
High Times: 1908 high-resolution photo
Manhattan circa 1908 - glass negative via Detroit Publishing Co.
NEIGHBORS - Pinned by Mak Khalaf I TOOK THIS SHOT ON A RECENT VISIT TO CHICAGO. THIS SPOT IS ON THE FAR NORTH END OF THE MAGNIFICENT MILE. I LIKED THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THE NEWER SKYSCRAPER AND THE VERY OLD CHURCH. THE REFLECTION ALSO WORKS WELL. City and Architecture CHICAGOCLOUDSCOOK COUNTYILLINOISMAGNIFICENT MILEOLD CHURCHREFLECTIONSSKYSCRAPER by scott125 Around The World Trips, Chicago, North, Far North, Old Church, City, Around The Worlds
NEIGHBORS - Pinned by Mak Khalaf I TOOK THIS SHOT ON A RECENT VISIT TO CHICAGO. THIS SPOT IS ON THE FAR NORTH END OF THE MAGNIFICENT MILE. I LIKED THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THE NEWER SKYSCRAPER AND THE VERY OLD CHURCH. THE REFLECTION ALSO WORKS WELL. City and Architecture CHICAGOCLOUDSCOOK COUNTYILLINOISMAGNIFICENT MILEOLD CHURCHREFLECTIONSSKYSCRAPER by scott125
Vintage cycling photos: Bay Street, Toronto, Canada - Circa 1907 Canada, Ottawa, Toronto Street, Toronto City, Old Toronto, Toronto Architecture, Toronto Canada
Vintage photos of cycling in Toronto
Vintage cycling photos: Bay Street, Toronto, Canada - Circa 1907
The Rockefeller Center, New York City, from the old Union Club by Samuel Gottscho 1933. Bauhaus, Rockefeller Center, Architecture Building
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The Rockefeller Center, New York City, from the old Union Club by Samuel Gottscho 1933.
At the time of completion, it became one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city, standing at 22 stories. Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, Flatiron Building, Flatiron Building Nyc, Building Design, Empire State
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At the time of completion, it became one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city, standing at 22 stories.
The Waldorf Hotel, New York City. The Great Outdoors, Astoria New York
The Waldorf Hotel, New York City.
The Gillender Building  A 20-story skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan. It stood on the northwest corner of Wall Street and Nassau St., on a narrow strip of land measuring only 26 by 73 feet. It attracted attention for a visible disproportion of height and footprint and was deemed economically obsolete from the start. After thirteen years of uneventful  existence, it was sold in December 1909 for a record price of $822 per square foot of land, and was demolished in 1910. Madison Square Garden, Brooklyn Heights, New York Public Library
The Gillender Building A 20-story skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan. It stood on the northwest corner of Wall Street and Nassau St., on a narrow strip of land measuring only 26 by 73 feet. It attracted attention for a visible disproportion of height and footprint and was deemed economically obsolete from the start. After thirteen years of uneventful existence, it was sold in December 1909 for a record price of $822 per square foot of land, and was demolished in 1910.
Chicagos 1929 Carbide & Carbon Building—now the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago—rises into the cloudless Illinois sky.  See more #photos at 75central.com #chicago #architecture Hard Rock, Modernism, Vintage, Design, Hard Rock Hotel
The Old Skyscraper | Chicago's 1929 Carbide & Carbon Building—now the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago—rises into the cloudless Illinois sky. | Chicago | 75CentralPhotography
Chicagos 1929 Carbide & Carbon Building—now the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago—rises into the cloudless Illinois sky. See more #photos at 75central.com #chicago #architecture
Old Images of New York Empire State Building, 1955 Empire, Tours, Amazing Buildings
Old Images of New York Empire State Building, 1955
Looking north on Michigan Ave toward the recently completed Tribune Tower, 1925, Chicago. Florida, Michigan, Alaska, Michigan Avenue, Chicago River, Chicago Area, Chicago Illinois
Looking north on Michigan Ave toward the recently completed Tribune Tower, 1925, Chicago.