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| 1876 A view of Manhattan showing Brooklyn Bridge under construction. Courtesy of the the New York Public Library, and the Skyscraper Museum Photo: New York Public Library |
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| 1902 By the turn of the century the lower Manhattan skyline had filled in and grown much taller. The majority of high-rise construction began after 1890, when the New York World Building reached 309ft. A spate of new towers followed from 1893. By 1900 there were 252 structures 10 storeys or higher. The tallest of these was the Park Row Building at 391ft |
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| 1908 Completed in 1908, the Singer Building (centre) became the tallest in the skyline at 612ft |
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| 1921 After 1908 the record was topped by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower at 701ft in 1909, and then the 792ft Woolworth Building (left) in 1913 |
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| 1931, view from Brooklyn The Woolworth Building remained the tallest office building until the Chrysler and Empire State buildings were completed in 1929 and 1931 Photo: Library of Congress |
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| 1932, view from New Jersey Between 1916 and the 1960s a group of the tallest towers (between 50 to 71 storeys) crowded around Wall Street, showing the wealth of land values in the area |
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| 1999 Constructed in 1971 and 1973, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were the tallest skyscrapers in the world, at 1,368ft and 1,362ft Photo: Richard Berenholtz |
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| 2002 The Manhattan skyline Photo: Richard Berenholtz |
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| 2018 The One World Trade Center is the main building on the trade centre complex in Manhattan, and at 1,776ft is the tallest building in the US Photo: Richard Berenholtz |
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