• The West Street Building. Completed 1907. Architect: Cass Gilbert. - epicharmus
  • The Woolworth Building. Completed in 1913. Architect: Cass Gilbert. - epicharmus
  • The Singer Building. Completed in 1908. Demolished in 1968 to make way for One Liberty Plaza. Architect: Ernest Flagg. - epicharmus
  • The U.S. Realty and Trinity Buildings. Completed 1907. Architect: Francis H. Kimball. - epicharmus
  • The Bankers Trust Company Building. Completed in 1912. Architect: Trowbridge & Livingston. - epicharmus
  • The City Investing Tower. Completed 1908. Demolished in 1968 to make way for One Liberty Plaza. Architect: Francis H. Kimball - epicharmus
  • The United States Express Company Building. Completed in 1907; three stories were added later. Architect: Clinton & Russell. - epicharmus
  • The Hudson Terminal Building. Completed 1908. Demolished to make way for the World Trade Center. Architect: Clinton & Russell. - epicharmus
  • The 47 West Street Building. Completed in 1882; the mansard roof was added later. As of February 2008, it is being demolished to make way for the 50 West Street Building. Architect: William Graul. - epicharmus

Skyline - N.Y.C.: Woolworth Bldg., Singer Bldg., Bankers Trust Bldg. (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Skyline - N.Y.C.: Woolworth Bldg., Singer Bldg., Bankers Trust Bldg.

[1912?] (date created or published later by Bain)

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Photo shows Lower Manhattan, New York City, with ferry in foreground. Identified buildings include (from left): Woolworth Building (with tower nearing completion), Hudson Terminal, West Street Building, City Investing Tower, Singer Building, U.S. Realty and Trinity buildings, United States Express Company, Bankers Trust Tower, and 47 West Street Building. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
 N.Y.C.

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10624

Call Number: LC-B2- 2423-8

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    JanelleGrace, 1987porsche944, kianarama, peterbox, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. epicharmus (59 months ago | reply)

    The Woolworth was completed in April 1913, so judging by its level of completion, this photo would have to date a little before then.

  3. The Library of Congress (53 months ago | reply)

    Epicharmus: Thanks for pinpointing so many of the building names and dates! We'll update the description and re-load with the new information.

  4. mikescottnz (50 months ago | reply)

    Given the latest Wall St Bankers debacle there's a sense that history repeats.For the interesting ,alternative history overview of the US or our western financial system ; that has perhaps promoted a false engagement in several wars for the bankers profits, the Zietgeist movie clips are a ? must see or allow one to think outside the mainstream or square.See below. It can't all be dimissed?

    www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_149 10.cfm

  5. Lú_ (44 months ago | reply)

    This image is part of the Indicommons.org tribute to New York City on its *400th* anniversary.


  6. eddiemo106 (44 months ago | reply)

    Is that the Staten Island Ferry? There was also a ferry that ran from Brooklyn to Staten Island, and many others I'm sure.

  7. epicharmus (44 months ago | reply)

    I doubt it's the Staten Island Ferry, as this taken just a little too far up the Hudson. It's probably one of the ferries going to and from Jersey City.

  8. canalmapman (16 months ago | reply)

    I love the overlay with Individual Bldg info. Great method to impart lots of info. Want to do another panorama like this in 1901?
    rr

  9. epicharmus (16 months ago | reply)

    Sure, why not?

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