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Tha Alamo, Astor Place
Remember the Alamo! Beloved Sculpture Returning Soon to Astor Place Home
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Construction Set to Begin on Long-Awaited LGA AirTrain
Getting to La Guardia Airport Will Soon Suck a Little Less
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Check Out This Virtual Tour of Prospect Heights' Under-Construction Pacific Park / Atlantic Yards Complex
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Oct. 25, 1966: A 26-ton tension ring promised that “There will be no obstructed views” at Madison Square Garden, still under construction, and “because the seating arrangement is oval, spectators in the end balcony are closer to the playing surface than those in the top-most seats along the sidelines,” reported The Times.
Vintage Aerial Photograph of Madison Square Garden Under Construction in 1966
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May 17, 1963: A view of sleepy Staten Island and “The Bridge — the $325,000,000 Verrazano-Narrows span, which will join Fort Wadsworth on the island with Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn when it is completed.” The booming growth of the island chagrined some, who “gloomily forecast intolerable overcrowding of schools, stores, living space and roads. They are less sanguine than the enthusiasts about the solution of such problems as lack of sewers, of final mapping and paving of streets and of ‘City Hall red tape’ that discourages prospective industrial development.”
Vintage Aerial Photograph of Bay Ridge, Staten Island, and Verrazano Bridge Under Construction in 1963
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Watch What it Takes to Build 1 Million Square Foot Buildings and a Sky Bridge in Manhattan
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Nov. 11, 1951: Photos showed progress in the construction of a Robert Moses project, the General Assembly Building of the United Nations, a couple of years behind schedule.
Vintage Photograph of the United Nations' General Assembly Building Under Construction in 1951
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Watch the Last Span of the Old City Island Bridge Being Removed
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⁴ᴷ Views of the newly-reconstructed 168th St Station
After Three Years of Restoration, Washington Heights Subway Station Shows Off Beautiful Detail
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Big City, Tiny House: "A Tiny Task" Day One
Big City, Tiny House: a TaskRabbit Project to Build a Tiny Livable House in Manhattan Over 3 Days
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