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| The Manhattan Skyline in the 1940s. (Z) |
| More old postcards of the "Big Apple". |
| Grand Central Terminal. (Z) |
| "Brooklyn Bridge from City Hall, Manhattan to Sands Street. Brooklyn Bridge was started in 1870 opened May 24th 1883, considered the world's greatest achievement in Bridge construction. Total length 6537 feet, width 85 feet, 500,000 people and 5,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily." (Z) |
| "The Bowling Green is located at the foot of Broadway and is the city's oldest park. In 1626 it was used as a drill ground in front of Fort Amsterdam. In 1776 an equestrian statue made of lead of King George III was set up in the center of Bowling Green but on July 9th of the year it was torn down and made into bullets for the use of patriots. It is now the center of the most import business district in the city." (Z) |
| The Singer Building - no date for this one either. This building was completed in 1908 and demolished in 1968. (Z) |
| "Liberty Tower. At the northwest corner of Liberty and Nassau Streets. A 31-story building, on plot 57.9 by 82.1 feet. - Largest office area compared to the small plot it occupies." Completed in 1910, this building was variously known as the Sinclair Building and the Evening Post Building. In 1979 it was converted into apartments. (Z) |
| (Z) Two unused postcards of the Empire State Buidling - probably from the 1940s or 50s. (Z) |
| Radio City Music Hall, which opened in December 1932. (Z) |
| A 1910 postcard of Riverside Drive. |
| An undated postcard of the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument. (Z) |
| "Broadway, north from Liberty Street, is a deep canyon, formed by huge skyscrapers through which a great human tide flows ceaselessly day after day. In this district is located the financial and commercial heart of the world." (Z) |
| An excellent postcard of the Chrysler Building, completed in 1930 and still the most beautiful of all New York's skyscrapers. (Z) |
| "The Paramount Building and Paramount Theatre, located at Times Sq. between 43rd St. and 44th St. at the crossroads of the world. It rises to a height of 35 stories. The theatre seats 4,000 and is directly to the rear of the main structure. One of the novel features of the building is a Hall of Nations, in which is set (sic) stones from famous and historic buildings all over the world." This postcard was mailed in 1942. (Z) |
| "The Hotel Commodore, Lexington Avenue, 42nd and 43rd Streets, has 2,000 rooms. This is one of the largest additions to New York City's palatial hotels. Unsurpassed for modern conveniences, services and cuisine." (Z) |
| St Patrick's Cathedral and Central Park, two postcards from the 1940s. From the reverse of the latter - "Central Park Lake looking towards 5th Avenue. Here are shown the Savoy Plaza, the Sherry-Netherlands and Pierre Hotels." (Z) |
| Two undated and not very good quality postcards of the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| The Hotel Waldorf, at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, in 1910. |
| The Times Building, 1 Times Square, completed in 1905. It is now (2008) just a billboard for the electric advertising signs in Times Square and apparently is almost empty. (Z) |
| A 1908 postcard of the Statue of Liberty. (Z) |
| An unusual postcard from 1916, showing "Shooting the Chutes, Coney Island". |
| The New Madison Square Gardens - probably from the late 1920s. |
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| Fifth Avenue in the early 1900s. |
| Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street about 1940. |
| This convention centre was completed in 1956 and demolished in 2000. The Time Warner Center now stands on the site. |
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