Midtown Manhattan Skyline - 1931
View of Midtown Manhattan, showing waterfront and buildings, including the Empire State seen from Hudson River. The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world at the time.
Photograph by Irving Underhill, copyright 1931. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Enlargements below.
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Enlargement of the part on the left.
Chrysler Building
Empire State Building
Aerial view of midtown Manhattan, in which the Empire State Building dominates. Photo by Carol Highsmith, taken between 1980 and 2006. Source: Library of Congress.
Enlargement of the part on the right.
Midtown Manhattan Skyline - 1931