Lower Broadway from Bowling Green - 1895
Original title: Lower Broadway in 1895. Looking north from Bowling Green. Photo from King's photographic views of New York, 1895. Source: Library of Congress.
The Aldrich Court building, completed in 1886, is on the left. Later it became the Hamburg-American Building (45 Broadway). Tower of Trinity Church is seen in the distance. The Manhattan Life skyscraper was completed in 1894 and was the tallest building in New York City until 1899.
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Lower Broadway from Bowling Green - 1895