Jun 29, 2016
"How Far Can New York Climb Into the Sky? The Forty-Six Stories for the Newest Skyscraper Will Be Within For Stories of the Limit, Declares Architect Hoppin, but the New York Building Superintendent Says One Hundred Stories Are Possible." NY World Magazine, 1907. This composite picture shows the evolution of the New York skyscraper from the first, the 60-foot Fraunce's Tavern of 1853 to the newest, the 658-foot, 46-story Metropolitan Building. #frauncestavern #metropolitanlifebuilding #metlifebuiling #singerbuilding #skyscraper #architecture #nyworld #singertower #americansurety #produceexchange #trinitychurch #parkrow (at Trinity Church (Manhattan))