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At the turn of the Twentieth Century, NYC was growing by leaps and bounds. The city would see many landmarks constructed during this era, including the Williamsburg Bridge, the Flatiron Building, Macy’s at Herald Square and Luna Park, which we know today as Coney Island. The NYC Subway system was also completed, and would contribute greatly to the growth of local businesses and the facility of commuting for the city’s now bustling population of 3.4 million inhabitants.
A blind man asking for spare change.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Following Cooper's death in 1883, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was commissioned to design a monument in honor of the great visionary.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Henry Seigel's 14th Street Store, opened in 1904 on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Manhattan's Columbus Monument was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo as the city's 1892 commemoration of Columbus' landing 400 years prior.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.A view of Fifth Avenue, from the perspective of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Photograph includes the Vanderbilt family mansions.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.A view at the corner of 60th Street and Fifth Avenue, on the Southwest corner of Central Park
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Photograph of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870. In the foreground a busy street filled with pedestrians, horses and carriages.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Two women passing a row of horse-drawn carriages as they walk alongside Madison Square Park.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Construction of the Flatiron Building by George A. Fuller Construction Company in 1902.
Artist Credit: Charles L. Ritzmann. Reprinted with permission.Families stroll through Madison Square Park, its trees framing the recently completed Flatiron Building.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Interior view of Grand Central's waiting room, completed in October of 1900
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.New York Times Building Under Construction at One Times Square. Completed in 1904 to serve as the headquarters of The New York Times.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Rapid transit construction work at Union Square at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 14th Street, New York City, June 8, 1901
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.A perspective of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, framed by a B.M.T. train and commuters in 1900.
Artist Credit: Unknown. Reprinted with permission.Located at the intersecton of Bowery and Division Street, Chatham Square was an express station on the IRT Third Avenue Line. It had two levels.
Artist Credit: Benjamin West Kilburn. Reprinted with permission.The City's magnetic personality continues to attract a growing and culturally diverse population. Travelers, migrants and fugitives would be drawn to its shores from across the ... Continue Reading
Learn all about NYC’s fascinating past by exploring the natural forces that shaped the environment and landscape, along with the people who would transform the “Island of Many Hills” into the greatest and most influential city in the world.
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