Skyscrapers

The white high building is "First Canadian Place", built 1973-1975, 71 floors, 355 m with antennas, 298 m roof. The glass building to the left ist "Sun Life Centre West and East". Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall in the city's entertainment district, it is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and opened in 1982, designed by Canadian architects Arthur Erickson and Mathers and Haldenby. The hall seats 2630 guests. scanned slide, Minolta X700

Royal Bank Plaza - South Tower, 40 floors, 180 m, built in 1979 scanned slide, Minolta X700

left side: One Prudential Plaza, right side: AON Center scanned slide, Minolta X700

The "Wrigley Building" was built 1920-1922 and is about 100 years old now. It has 30 floors and is 134 m tall (clocktower). It was the tallest building in Chicago from 1922 to 1924. - Better click on Z scanned slide, Minolta X700

The "Wrigley Building" was built 1920-1922 and is about 100 years old now. It has 30 floors and is 134 m tall (clocktower). It was the tallest building in Chicago from 1922 to 1924. The building right behind is the "Tribune Tower", built 1922-1925, 36 floors, 141 m, neogothic style. Photo was taken from DuSable Bridge, which opened in 1920. scanned slide, Minolta X700

Chicago 1986, AON Center seen from John Hancock Center, built 1970-1973, 83 floors, 346 m - scanned slide, Minolta X700 Architect: Edward Durell Stone The original marble cladding (here on this image) bowed under the temperature swings experienced in the Chicago climate. The cladding was 32mm thick Itallian Carrera Marble (similar to what Michaelangelo used), but 20 years after original construction it had severly deteriorated. The marble was replaced with 51mm thick Mt. Airy Granite at a cost of $80M between 1990 and 1992 (43000 individual 1.27m x 1.14m panels). The original construction cost in 1973 was a mere $120M.

end of the Toronto stream - next stop Niagara scanned slide, Minolta X700

Built 1928-1930, Art déco, 77 floors, 319 m scanned slide, Minolta X700

The Lord & Taylor Building is an 11-story commercial building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that formerly served as Lord & Taylor's flagship department store in the city. It was built 1913-1914 and closed in 2019. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York. The building has a roof height of 380 m and stands a total of 443.2 m tall, including its antenna. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970. Following its collapse in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the city's tallest skyscraper until 2012 (!). As of 2020, the building is only the seventh-tallest building in New York City, but sure one of the most beautiful. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

WTC-2 left and WTC-1 right, in the year 1986. WTC 1 had been built 1968 bis 1972, WTC 2 from 1969 bis 1973. WTC 1 was 417 m tall (with antenna 526,7 m) and WTC 2 415 m, both with 110 floors. There was an observation deck on the South Tower (2), from where the following images had been taken. More information here: ► Wikipedia

scanned slide, Minolta X700, Fujichrome 100 by Poly: www.ipernity.com/doc/polytropos/49124438

View from World Trade Center (South Tower) southeast to East River - see detailed notes on next image - scanned slide, Minolta X700

View from World Trade Center (South Tower) southeast to East River - see notes, but leave your mouse out of the photo if you don't want to see it ;-) - scanned slide, Minolta X700 1) 70 Pine Street, 1930-1932, 67 floors, 290.2 m 2) 40 Wall Street - The Trump Building, 1929-1930, 71 floors, 282.5 m 3) 20 Exchange Place, 1929-1931, 57 floors, 257.9 m 4) 55 Water Street, 1972, 53 floors, 229.5 m 5) One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 1957-1961, 60 floors, 247.8 m 6) HSBC Bank Building, 1967, 52 floors, 209.7 m 7) Equitable Building, 1915 (!), 40 floors, 163.9 m 8) Bankers Trust Company Building, 1912 (!), 29 floors, 164 m 9) Downtown by Philippe Starck, 1927, 42 floors, 167.9 m 10) Bank of New York Building, 1928-1932, 50 floors, 199.3 m 11) One Liberty Plaza, 1968-1973, 54 floors, 226.5 m

view from World Trade Center (South Tower) to Empire State Building (NW), 5th Avenue down to the right - scanned slide, Minolta X700, 210 mm, Fujichrome 100

View from World Trade Center (South Tower) down to Woolworth Building, built 1910-1913, 57 floors, 241.4 m. It was the world's tallest skyscraper from 1913-1930 (!), when it was surpassed by 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building. Architectural Style is neo-gothic, materials are copper, steel, terra cotta. - scanned slide, Minolta X700, Minolta 70-210mm lense

Manhattan Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, built 1907-1914, 41 floors, 182.9 m. The structure was built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the city's five boroughs.Its architectural style has been characterized as Roman Imperial, Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance, or Beaux-Arts. The Municipal Building is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world, with about 93000 m² of office space. See PiP for other side. scanned slide, Minolta X700

scanned slide, Minolta X700