williamkendall

"The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, originally the Municipal Building and then the Manhattan Municipal Building,[4] at 1 Centre Street in Manhattan, New York City, is a 40-story building built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the city's five boroughs. Construction began in 1907 and ended in 1914,[2][3] marking the end of the City Beautiful movement in New York. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Municipal_Building

good-times.webshots.com/photo/1199520103033746761jPOEac is a picture of the same arch.

As is this www.flickr.com/photos/epicharmus/3129782522/. This is a photo of the Manhattan Municipal Building.

Thanks swanq and the_vampire_hanna for identifiying this building as the Manhattan Municipal Building. We will update the the description when we reload the database.

Date stamp in upper right corner reads 6/7/13

The time on the Tribune clock is 12:50 pm. Here is wikipedia's description of the building, including the fact that it was completed in 1915 - can't see any construction going on here, though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Municipal_Building

klynslis and Noel Zia Lee: Thanks for the date and other information on the Municipal building in NYC. We can update the source data and reload the description. According to the Wikipedia article, the building was first occupied in 1913 which might explain its appearance in this photo, even if it wasn't completely finished until later.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Traditional Skyscrapers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!