[PHOTO] Vintage Aerial View of Rockefeller Center Under Construction in 1932

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Rockefeller Center under construction, New York City, 1932 | Rockefeller Center rises in mid-Manhattan. Photograph by Hamilton M. Wright for Aerial Explorations, Inc., N.Y., 1932. From the New York World-Telegram Collection at the <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html" rel="nofollow">U.S. Library of Congress</a>. <a href="http://flickr.com/search/?q=world-telegram&amp;m=tags&amp;w=76204898@N00&amp;s=int">More pictures from the World-Telegram Collection</a> <b>[PD]</b> <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c36071" rel="nofollow">This picture</a> is assumed to be in the public domain.
Rockefeller Center under construction, New York City, 1932 | Rockefeller Center rises in mid-Manhattan. Photograph by Hamilton M. Wright for Aerial Explorations, Inc., N.Y., 1932. From the New York World-Telegram Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress. More pictures from the World-Telegram Collection [PD] This picture is assumed to be in the public domain.
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In this vintage aerial photograph taken by Hamilton M. Wright for Aerial Explorations, Inc. in 1932, you can see just how massive the project was at the time. 30 Rockefeller Center was dozens of stories taller than any of it's surrounding buildings.

[WATCH] Urban Kayaking | Exploring a Polluted Industrial River in NYC

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Join me as I paddle along a new area of the Hutchinson River that I've never been to before. I started this journey in Mount Vernon, NY, but made my way south into the Bronx and was surrounded by industry and pollution. I knew this river was toxic, but I was surprised to see just how bad it was and to see what appeared to be some active polluting while I was on the water. Despite the river's poor condition, I saw signs of wildlife everywhere and was still able to see the beauty of nature among the urban landscape.