c. 1909New York
Singer Tower from the North River
Period stereograph from a ferry in the Hudson.
Elevated photograph
c. 1909·New York
Singer Tower from the North River
Period stereograph from a ferry in the Hudson.
Elevated photograph · Demolished
What this plate shows
Lower Manhattan from the water: the Singer Tower the tall needle among office blocks, ferries, the working river. Photographed while the tower still stood. It would be taken down in 1967–68. Do not read the empty lot at 149 Broadway back onto this plate.
- Image type
- Elevated photograph
- Structure
- Singer Building (Singer Tower)
- Region
- North America
- Documented completion
- 1908
- Architect
- Ernest Flagg
- Present status
- Demolished — Demolished 1967–68. The plate shows the tower standing. Demolition is a later documented event, not visible in the exposure.
- Source
- Library of Congress stereo collection (1s07592).
- License
- Public domain.