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Equitable fire from Singer Bldg. (LOC)

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  • Art Siegel said:
    "The Equitable Life Assurance Building was completed in 1870 at 120 Broadway in New York City, New York. At 130 feet (40 m), it is considered by some the world's first skyscraper and was the first office building to feature passenger elevators. The architects were Arthur Gilman and Edward H. Kendall, with George B. Post as a consulting engineer and hydraulic elevators made by the Elisha Otis company. The building was destroyed by a fire on January 9, 1912." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equitable_Life_Building_(New_York_C... "
  • Art Siegel said:
    The note above identifying the building as in Brooklyn is incorrect. It was in Manhattan.

New York Skyline - June 1913 (LOC)

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Bird's-eye view of the highest priced half mile of real estate in the world. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Justin Smith said:
    The building in the background is the Singer Building, the third tallest building ever destroyed (behind the two World Trade Center towers, of course). It was also the tallest building in the world From 1908-1909.
  • allan56 said:
    the caption is wonderfully informative, if your eyes are up to the challenge.
  • Blackharted John said:
    I know its truly NYC in the early 20th century , but it reminds me of the illustrations of that time of what it was thought that the city would look like in the 21st century ala Jules Verne.