cassgilbert

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Woolworth Bldg. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Michael Daddino said:
    Since the Woolworth opened in April 1913, this photo would have to date some time before it.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    We'll narrow the date range and add the area of New York City from the tags!
  • Sam oz said:
    wow, very interestin pic!!!
  • marysz said:
    I wonder what building this photo was taken from . . . Look at how tiny all the buildings around it look.
  • Michael Daddino said:
    This was likely taken from the Singer Building, and if not that, the City Investing Building. Both of them are gone.

[Street view of the Woolworth Building construction site]

from New York Public Library

  • Lú_ said:
    Interesting to see the ground-level arch forms already beginning!
  • Karina Karuszka said:
    oldschool, i love it nowe maszyny budowlane - tanio

Custom House statue: in rear of N.Y. Produce Exchange Buildi...

from New York Public Library

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  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    "On the same day she photographed the DePeyster Statue at Bowling Green, Abbott photographed the sculpture in front of the nearby U.S. Custom House, architect Cass Gilbert's Beaux-Arts masterpiece (1907).

    "The four allegorical groups, designed by Daniel Chester French, represented Asia, America, Europe, and Africa, denoting the Custom House's function as the nation's leading point of entry for the world's goods.

    "... Abbott stood on the Custom House steps and juxtaposed two of the sculptures--America and Asia--with George B. Post's Victorian Produce Exchange (1884) beyond..."
    --More: Museum of the City of New York