Blue sky view from Brooklyn Bridge, towards Empire State Buildling, red bricks apartments, Lower East Side Manhattan, New York

Blue sky view from Brooklyn Bridge, towards Empire State Buildling, red bricks apartments, Lower East Side Manhattan, New York Stock Photo
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robert harrison / Alamy Stock Photo

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CNPJ9M

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27.1 MB (779.7 KB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3827 x 2476 px | 32.4 x 21 cm | 12.8 x 8.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

28 October 2010

Location:

View brick apartments from Brooklyn Bridge, Lower East Side Manhattan, New York City, USA

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The 40-storeys, 187 m (615 ft) New York Life Insurance Building (centre background view) was designed in 1926 and completed in 1928 at a cost of $21 million. The pyramidal gilded roof is made up of 25, 000 gold leaf tiles. It was made a National Landmark in 1972 and is located on Madison Avenue. The Empire State Building, 5th Avenue, was built 1930-31. At 301 m (1250 ft), it was the tallest building in the world for 40 years.