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  2. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    1930 40 Wall Street: 44th-tallest building in the United States; Formerly known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and currently known as the Trump Building, a more permanent name is 40 Wall Street. Was world's tallest building for less than two months before being surpassed by the Chrysler Building.

  3. Chrysler Building - Wikipedia

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    The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.At 1,046 ft (319 m), it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework.

  4. List of tallest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1930 Also known as the Trump Building, it was the tallest building in the world for two months in 1930 until the completion of the Chrysler Building. [98] [99] Bank of America Plaza: Dallas: 922 ft (281 m) 72 1985 Tallest building in Dallas [100] [101]

  5. Timeline of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan skyline photographed using Agfacolor in 1938. 1938 January 16: Benny Goodman performs at Carnegie Hall. May 28: The Carnival of Swing, considered to be the first outdoor jazz festival, takes place at Randall's Island. August 26 Fire Fighter (fireboat) is launched as the world's most powerful fireboat.

  6. Major US city skylines in photos, then and now - AOL

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    After the impressive rise of skyscrapers in the 1930s—the Empire State, Chrysler, and 40 Wall Street buildings all went up during this decade—the New York City skyline stagnated, staying ...

  7. Art Deco architecture of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Colorful, lavishly-decorated skyscrapers came to dominate the skyline of Manhattan before the Great Depression ended their construction. The Depression and changing tastes pushed the style to more subdued applications as it spread in the 1930s, becoming a style of choice for infrastructure projects and modern middle-class apartments in the ...

  8. Architecture of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The skyscraper, which has shaped Manhattan's distinctive skyline, has been closely associated with New York City's identity since the end of the 19th century.From 1890 to 1973, the title of world's tallest building resided continually in Manhattan (with a gap between 1894 and 1908, when the title was held by Philadelphia City Hall), with eight different buildings holding the title. [15]

  9. 40 Wall Street - Wikipedia

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    40 Wall Street (also the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and Manhattan Company Building) is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, United States.