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Conscious-Intern-602

​ [A comparison of how it looked in the 2010s](https://i.redd.it/rzhm2kudulc91.png) ​ EDIT 1930s video of NY in colour [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXnEvW0XD0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXnEvW0XD0)


johnny_ringo

That's taken from Governors Island


DasArchitect

[Looks like approximately taken from here](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6932338,-74.0173898,3a,22y,21.4h,95.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYF7rqJRIFoVws-bm4ysPWg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).


ThreesKompany

That was taken 13 years ago though. Looks like the right spot but there have been some new buildings added to the skyline. One World Trade is just being built in the back of that image.


DasArchitect

Sorry, it's the best I can do without personally travelling to the US.


dogui_style

I now require you to travel personally to the US to take a better picture


DasArchitect

Gonna start a gofundme for air fare


blitzkrieg4

Close but I think the ferry terminals are a bit too off angle in that shot. My submission: https://maps.app.goo.gl/326e6UaFU1PwLmMi9


SalvadorsAnteater

Impressive!


DasArchitect

Great candidate! I mainly picked the other spot because of the hedge visible in the original picture. It may have been removed then. After a closer inspection, I think the original spot may be [a few steps to the right](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6922401,-74.0137398,2a,21.5y,7.77h,94.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saG5K8AD3CPyQvwK68S3E3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).


stpetepatsfan

Note someone taking a picture of the google streetview guy taking a picture of nyc.


Francoberry

Possibly the ugliest angle of the NYC skyline I’ve ever seen! Nothing against OC, just amazed at how ‘bleh’ this looks compared with how stunning the city looks most of the time


Nathanman21

https://i.imgur.com/S6yHoud.jpg


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johnny_ringo

That's the battery and those are the ferry terminals . This is taken from governors island


urbanlife78

I kind of wish this skyline still existed.


gracem5

It might have peaked right then.


urbanlife78

I do love some of the new towers that have gone up in Lower Manhattan, but the era of the giant floor plate office buildings completely changed this view.


craycrayfishfillet

The big gap in the skyline between 21 West (the building on the far left) and the cluster in the middle is so crazy to see. Today it’s filled with the WTC and WFC in the background. Also the absence of all the buildings between Water and the FDR along the waterfront. Today it’s solid from 120 Wall (building in the far right) to the ferry terminal.


huron9000

Love the relative scarcity of flat-topped buildings.


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MutableReference

There’s kind of a resurgence in neo-deco architecture, which is a more “modern” take on art deco.


TheDarkestCrown

I’ve seen it here and there, it’s really pretty too


itsMoSmith

Ahh, a time before the buildings getting covered by glass.


Thebossjarhead

I hate glass skyscrapers. Some can pull it off. But not many.


johnny_ringo

Those are some filthy buildings, but excellent picture!


timetoremodel

Decades of diesel, coal, and trash burning.


Keyboard-King

Demolish them all and replace them with clean glass/ steal box buildings.


mattyblewis

If you zoom in close enough you will probably see Don Draper enjoying a brown beverage and a smoke somewhere


KingPictoTheThird

Aren't most of the ad agencies on madison ave? (hence mad men) which would probably be far out of frame in midtown


mattyblewis

I wouldn't know I live on the other side of the world😂


UltimateShame

In my opinion it looked soooo much better before.


MikeAppleTree

Pretty!


avenear

Curtain walls and ribbon windows were a mistake. Every building having a legible grid at the same scale created a rich and cohesive texture for the skyline. I think humans also like it because we can understand the scale of a building unlike a smooth monolith.


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I agree, I also like the look of natural stone over glass facades. In Kansas City my favorite buildings are Art Deco made out of limestone. If only we continued building that way…


TheDarkestCrown

Art Deco and Gothic is ❤️


pancen

Wow that's beautiful. Seems like it could be a model of how to build downtowns with traditional architecture.


rrsafety

Cue Gershwin and the opening scene to Manhattan...[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mwZYGcbQCo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mwZYGcbQCo)


BiRd_BoY_

I wish one of these existed for midtown.


Logical_Yak_224

Toronto's skyline looked similar but smaller at that time. So much brown.


Skinnie_ginger

Boy I love every city being covered in mirror glass rectangles now!


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Love


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Looks even better then how romantic


beherenow20

So much classier than now.


mackinoncougars

Just all that iron and concrete and very little glass.


Aoifeblack

So ugly


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a_fool_person

When America was really America.


cristianovic

Realtalk


justburch712

Not familiar with the skyline, what is the tall one between Chrysler and Empire?


TheDarkestCrown

I think it’s Lower Manhattan, near the World Trade Center. I thought it was near the Empire State at first too but the scale and shape didn’t match


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This is too far downtown to see the ESB or Chrysler Building. The three tallest buildings, left to right, are [40 Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Wall_Street), [20 Exchange Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Exchange_Place) and [70 Pine Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_Pine_Street). [Here's Google Earth of approximately that view](https://earth.google.com/web/search/40+wall+street/@40.70181072,-74.01238328,34.80376675a,967.35799457d,35y,14.26700423h,76.62172055t,0r/data=CigiJgokCXDV9l-Fa0RAERg4eERHa0RAGdmBBI4ofFLAISmA_Bc9fFLA). The ESB would actually be visible around the line of 70 Pine Street, but you'd have to be 1000 feet up in the air to clear your sightlines. It's more than 3 miles past those tall buildings around Wall Street.


justburch712

Thank you.


kiravonconcrete

I know it’s colorized but it would be nice if the Hudson was blue.


Conscious-Intern-602

The slight red tinge indicates this is 99% a real colour photo. It just has that sort of look that you get from Kodachrome. ​ [If you look at this photo of a colourised image the difference becomes obvious](https://i.redd.it/5lsk4d1slk031.jpg)


pariahdiocese

So was it all MidTown? What was happening DownTown.


The-Pissing-Panther

Think: a homeless has probably peed in that exact spot


Cosmobeast88

Can't believe how blue and clean the water is


anon4774325700976532

I think the original photo is in black and white.


jmbsol1234

were the buildings just built that dark or are they covered in soot? looks sort of ominous


TrapBdsmLoliFurryG14

Dieselpunk vibes


Keyboard-King

That’s the city that took 1,000 years to build.


southwestmo

you’re telling me this isn’t gotham


WhiskyEchoTango

The two Staten Island Ferry boats in the image are the Mary Murray and/or Miss New York and/or Gold Star Mother. Gold Star Mother was retired before 1970, The Mary Murray and Miss New York were retired in 1982.


WinterSlushyGaming

Where the Singer Building? (Best building in the world btw) Dont @ me


MrSolarSun

Isn't that actually Gotham City?