Times Building under Construction - 1904
Original title: Erecting the 23-story steel skeleton for new "Times" Bldg. ― from 42nd St. N. up Broadway, New York. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood (originally stereograph). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The cornerstone of the Times Building was laid on January 18, 1904 and it was completed in the late of the same year. It was built of terra-cotta and brick, with granite base. Behind the structure, we can see the 11-story Hotel Astor, which opened on September 9, 1904.
Opposite view to the photo above, 7th Avenue.
The Studebaker Building, erected in 1902, on the north side of 48th Street.
Opposite view to the photo above, Broadway.
Times Building under Construction - 1904
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