Old Skyscrapers on Lower Broadway NYC

Old Skyscrapers on Lower Broadway, north from Wall Street corner. Photograph (copyright 1910) by Thaddeus Wilkerson, published in a vintage postcard. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The American Surety Building, completed in 1896 at 100 Broadway, on the southeast corner of Pine Street, is on the right. Singer Building, completed in 1908, is the tallest skyscraper in the photo.

The two Gothic-inspired skyscrapers at left are: Trinity Building, with tower, at 111 Broadway (adjoining the Trinity Church Yard) and the United States Realty Building, at 115 Broadway. Both completed in 1907.

See also a complementary photo showing Broadway south of Wall Street.