New York Skyline - 1900
View of Manhattan skyline at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century. Time of rising skyscrapers. Copyright by Geo. P. Hall & Son, May 4, 1900. Source: Library of Congress.
Below, enlargement of the part on the left, including Pier 11 - Metropolitan Steamship Line for Boston.
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Hudson River side
The Park Row Building, completed in 1899.
The World Building, completed in 1890.
Enlargement of the Manhattan Life Building, completed in 1894.
American Surety Building
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Enlargement of the central part of the photograph, showing the spire of Trinity Church, on the right, and the top of two of the early skyscrapers in New York, built in the 1870s: the Equitable Building and the Mutual Life Building.
New York Skyline - 1900
Mutual Life Building
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Enlargement of the Washington Building, completed in 1885.
Equitable Building