An aerial view of lower Manhattan looking toward Brooklyn on August 5, 1958. Identifiable buildings, complexes, and sections include: the Woolworth Building, City Hall, the Municipal Building, the U.S. Courts building, the Al Smith housing project, Little Italy, Chinatown, the Bowery, the Fulton Fish Market, the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Photo: John Lindsay for the AP via Alamy

















