Vanderbilt Avenue
Looking south from 47th Street, October 9, 1935
From Berenice Abbott: Changing New York
I love street-level shots of big cities. It’s like the skyscrapers wrap me up like a warm, protective blanket.
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The Barclay-Vesey Building and the Woolworth Building in 1927, New York
Fantastic vintage photo. I wish I could visit 1920’s New York
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Midtown Manhattan, July 1935
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Lower Manhattan looking north from Governors Island. July 1936
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Manhattan, August 1937. Visible are Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building, and the Empire State Building.
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Park Avenue and 39th Street, Manhattan. (October 08, 1936) by Berenice Abbott
From “Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938,” available through the NY Public Library Digital Gallery.
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John Watts statue, from Trinity Churchyard looking toward One Wall Street, Manhattan. (March 01, 1938)
From “Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938,” available through the NY Public Library Digital Gallery. (See also the book of the same name.)
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Daily News Building, 42nd Street between Second and Third Avenues, Manhattan. (November 21, 1935)
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The Chrysler Building, June 1936
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Projected Beacon of Progress Tower, Chicago, Illinois
Drawing from around 1900 via archimaps
From Wikipedia:
Constant-Désiré Despradelle designed the Beacon to represent the founding of America, and so it consisted of thirteen obelisks which he said represented the original thirteen colonies. The group of obelisks merged to form a single spire soaring 1,500 feet (approximately 457 metres) above Chicago. This is similar to the height of the Sears Tower, built in the city in 1973.
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The Pan Am building (presently Met Life) created a canyon effect on the Park Avenue. NYC, 1964 via piccsy.com
I love this photo, or any photo showing the same scene taken from the same location over the past fifty years. This image seems to be showing something about being trapped, overwhelmed or just completely integrated into the city.
Yes, I love this location
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