Get a load of that view! Here are some images showing parts of New York City’s skyline as it appeared back in 1917.
Union Square in 1917
>> Announcement of the Empire State Building (1929)
The views south and west from the Equitable Building
Brooklyn Plaza of the Manhattan Bridge
by Harry M. Pettit, 1917
>> NYC’s stunning historical Fifth Avenue mansions (1890s)
The most heavily-guarded district in the City
The East River from the Brooklyn end of the Manhattan Bridge, looking across the Brooklyn Navy Yard towards the Battery. A spot vital to New York’s shipping and naval life. (New-York Tribune, April 29, 1917)
