No. 128 of 200 · Famous Cities
New York, The Tallest Buildings in the World
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A hand-coloured photochrom from about 1901 looks out over the smoking rooftops of lower Manhattan, where the Park Row and St. Paul buildings rise above everything around them. When the Park Row Building opened in 1899, it was the tallest office building in the world. For someone who loves New York, or misses it.
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New York · Photochrom / The Tallest Buildings in the World / Photochrom, Detroit Photographic Co., c. 1901 / The Park Row and St. Paul buildings tower over the rooftops of lower Manhattan. When it opened in 1899, the Park Row Building was the tallest office building in the world.
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