Old pics of New York City

[The Messiah]

When i see old pics of NY i always amazed by it.That why this thread.And if you can find some old pics of Ny on the net too,post them here as well!



















Centralpark East 1940



The Empire State Building Plane Crash
B-25 Bomber hits the 78th floor,juli 28, 1945!!



Empire state building




Chrysler Building

Brooklyn Bridge 1925

Ellis Island, An American Dream, Freedom *1905

Flatiron Building 1902


Chrysler Building 1931

Empire State Building 1930

Statue Of Liberty 1930

Above Union Square 1910

The Woolworth Bldg. 1936

Lindbergh's Triumphant Return 1927

Skyline Battleship Colorado 1934

New York skyline The Big Apple 1932

Above New York: Three Bridges 1932

Skyline 1930

Skyline 1937


Empire State building 1931





Woolworth Building!





(Edited by The Messiah at 7:39 am on April 9, 2003)

[NYguy]

Love the shots of the Empire State. *There's an old thread I started somewhere around here with more old pics of the city.

[TonyO]

Great pictures. *The ESB looks more massive in those shots.

[NYatKNIGHT]

This must be the Waldorf:

[Just Rich]

Excellent shots.
The ESB and company all look so clean and new in some of these shots. *It's sort of a shame they get all gunked up with misc. antennas and stuff poking out of them. *I think the ESB looks better without its antenna.

[The Messiah]

Midtown, 1931:

1909:

[DougGold]

All of these photos are just amazing. I love how the old photographs have that grainy, misty mystique to them. You just don't get that with modern cameras.

[billyblancoNYC]

The second pic on your second posting, 'siah, what is that land jutting out on the east side of downtown? *Also, do you see how many piers there used to be, and, of course, boats? *Crazy.

[markmartin6]

If you're interested in an awful lot of old photos of the Chrysler Building (love it!) you should check out a new book called THE CHRYSLER BUILDING by David Stravitz. The book is purely photography and it's just...wow. Anyway, it focuses on the actual construction of the Chrysler up to the finish and there are even photos of the inside of the crown (I guess you'd call it that). There are also some shots of the city from the Chrysler which are very interesting.

[The Messiah]

Tugboats & Skyline....


Railroad Barge on the Hudson

Chrysler under construction

Times Square 1939

Penn Station

Sunset at Queensboro Bridge 1936

Herald Square 1920's

Waldorf-Astoria on 5th. Avenue in 1900...now home to the Empire State Building

Central Park Pond

Madison Square panorama 1910

Fifth Avenue looking north 1924

FlatIron building 1903

[NYatKNIGHT]

Fantastic.

[dbhstockton]

The second pic on your second posting, 'siah, what is that land jutting out on the east side of downtown?

You mean the Lower East Side?

[billyblancoNYC]

Yes, but isn't it bulging more than "normal?" *

Am I crazy? *Is it just the angle?

[dbhstockton]

I'm just going to leave it alone now and let you think about it.