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| The Singer Building under construction, 1908. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| The New York City subway construction between Broadway and 151 Street, 1901-1905. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| Skyscrapers start to encroach on Trinity Church. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company Collection from The New York Public Library |
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| Steel construction in a subway tunnel, 1904. Photo: New York Interborough Rapid Transit Company/Parsons Collection |
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| The cornerstone ceremony for the central building of the New York Public Library, 1902. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| Workers place steel beams for the Metropolitan Tower. Photo: The Research Libraries, New York/Keystone View Company/Underwood & Underwood |
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| Workers building the Broadway subway line under Central Park, 1901. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| Construction workers position a piece of marble on the roof of the central building of the New York Public Library, 1906. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| Interior work on the library, looking southwest, 1904. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| The structural framework of the central building of the New York Public Library, 1905 Photo: New York Public Library |
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| Construction of the cable road on Broadway in 1891. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| Construction of the Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway in 1911. Photo: New York Public Library |
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| The Woolworth Building nears completion in 1912. Photo: New York Public Library. |
Source: Skyscraper city: how New York was built – in pictures
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