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

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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.

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Size: 3827px × 2476px
Location: View brick apartments from Brooklyn Bridge, Lower East Side Manhattan, New York City, USA
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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