Equitable Building, New York City – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Equitable Building, New York City brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Equitable Building, New York City
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The Equitable Building at 120 Broadway, in lower Manhattan, is the subject here, and the July 1915 date places the view near the time the office tower was completed. Its sheer bulk, which cast a large shadow over the surrounding streets, is often cited as a key reason New York adopted its first comprehensive zoning resolution in 1916. The record for this print is based on an old caption card and has not been fully verified, so the exact vantage point and photographer are uncertain. The view still shows how quickly the financial district's skyline was changing in the years before World War I.
| Created / published | c1915 July 14. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Copyright registration number J204927. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York--NYC--Views--1915; NY--NYC--Equitable Building;Ph. Ind.; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,231 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138880 |
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