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Buildings as Big as a Town Di New York Law
A vivid look at New York skyscrapers under construction and their immense scales. It details the Singer and Metropolitan Life buildings, their materials, dimensions, and the imagined reach of their components from New York to distant cities, plus comparisons with the City Investing and Park Row structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Life
Singer
Litfel
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Detroit
Boston
United States
Prairie Town
Yonkers
Earth
Moon
Broadway
Liberty Street
Seventy-second Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Washington
Springfield
Pew
Thirty Fourth Street
Singes
Madison Square
Metropolitan Tower
Metropolitan
Singer Tower
New City Investing
Singer Building
City Investing
Fifty Ninth Street
Central Park West
Eighth Street
Avenue
125Th Street
Haverstraw
N. Y
Hotel Astor
Twenty-third Street
Washington Monument
City
Park Row
Times Building
Manhattan
Fulton Street
Battery
Long Island Historical Society