The Big Apple’s early 20th-century building boom transformed the city with skyscrapers, subways and an awful lot of cement – as documented in these photographs from the New York Public Library’s archives, via
The Guardian.
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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. |
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The Woolworth Building nears completion in 1912. |
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The cornerstone ceremony for the central building of the New York Public Library, 1902. |
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Interior work on the library, looking southwest, 1904. |
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The structural framework of the central building of the New York Public Library, 1905. |
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Construction of the Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway in 1911. |
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Construction of the cable road on Broadway in 1891. |
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Workers building the Broadway subway line under Central Park, 1901. |
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The New York City subway construction between Broadway and 151 Street, 1901-1905. |
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Steel construction in a subway tunnel, 1904. |
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Workers place steel beams for the Metropolitan Tower. |
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The Singer Building under construction, 1908. |
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