New York City - Skyscraper Being Built

Steel Structure at 6th Avenue and 51st Street, New York City, Circa 1968

This postcard was postmarked in 2025. 

 

New York - Chinatown in New York City

Chinatown
New York City

Chinatown, in South Manhattan, houses more than 6,000 Americans of Chinese descent.  A touch of the Orient is maintained in the many restaurants and curio shops.

The sender writes:
We are here for  Gloria Estefan's new musical (On Your Feet) and also to see Aladdin.
2016

New York - With Twin Towers by J. Lemieux

New York
New York

Artwork: J. Lemieux

This postcard is pre- 9-11. 

New York - NYC Public Library, Reproduction Postcard

New York Public Library and Fifth Avenue, New York City

This reproduction postcard is from 2016. 

New York - New York City, SoHo, Banksy Rat Mural Street Art

Banksy Rat Mural, SoHo, New York City.

Banksy, the anonymous British artist, has been creating street art in NYC since the early 21st century.  In fact, his hometown of Bristol, England is the only locale that has been favored with more of his creations.  Curiously, Bansky often portrays himself as a rat, an animal all too familiar to New Yorkers. The city is home to two rat species, the Brown Rat and the Black rat.  The larger and more adaptable Bown rat has largely crowded out the Black rat, and there are estimates of as many as 4 Brown rats for every person in New York City.  That's around 32 million rats - yikes!!! So though the Bansky rat may be elusive, he's certainly not alone here.

Photo by Carina Dev

2016

New York - NYC, Statue of Liberty, 1976

American Bicentennial

New York City
1776-1976

Statue of Liberty
For 90 years the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World has stood on Liberty Island in New York harbor as a symbol of freedom.  It also commemorates Franco-American friendship, for it was given by the people of France and designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904)

Post Card Fix Ups by Michael Langenstein

New York - New York City, Trump International Hotel

New York
Globe sculpture in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower on 59th street

Photo: Jon Ortner (2012)

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This 44 story building is 583 feet (178 m) tall.

New York - Twin Towers by Rick Geary

Postcards by Rick Geary

The Statue of Liberty, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building and the other great buildings in New York at the grave of the Twin Towers, 1973 - 2001.

New York - Manhattan's Heliport

Port Authority
West 30th Street Heliport

Manhattan's first commercial heliport was opened in 1956.  Scheduled passenger, mail and cargo service between the heliport and Newark, Teterboro, La Guardia and John F. Kennedy International airports, and the cities of White Plains, New York, and Stamford Connecticut is provided by New York Airways' 15-passenger helicopters.

Color photo courtesy - The Port of New York Authority
1971

New York - United Nations Building

United Nations
First Avenue, from 42nd to 48th Streets
Chartered in 1945 by its original 51 member countries, the United Nations complex, comprising the Secretariat, General Assembly, and Conference Buildings, was built on this 18-acre East River site by an international consortium of 14 architects (1947 - 53).
This is postmarked in 2009.

New York - United Nations, 1961

United Nations - Nations Unies
New York

This is an evening view of the United Nations Head-quarters.  Shown are the General Assembly Hall, the Secretariat Building and the United Nations Library.  Facing the East River and not seen in this view is the conference Building.
1961

New York - United Nations, Economic & Social Council Chamber

United Nations - Nations unies

Economic and Social Council Chamber
A view of the Economic and Social Council Chamber in the United Nations Headquarters.  The Swedish Government contributed toward the cost of decorating this Chamber and Sven Markellius, of Sweden was the designer.
1954

New York - Empire Building

Empire Building. New York.

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Empire Building, Broadway and Rector Street
Architect: Kimball and Thompson

New York - Times Building with glitter

Times Building

The lines you see on the building are glitter.
1906

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I was able to find out the address: Broadway and 42nd street
and that it was later named the Allied Chemical Building

now it is One Times Square (also known as 1475 Broadway, New York Times Building and New York Times Tower)

It was the second tallest building in the world when it opened. The famous New Year's Times Square Ball drop is performed annually from its roof. 

New York - N.Y., Convent Avenue College

Convent Avenue College of the City of New York.

140th St. and Amsterdam Ave.  This college is free to all young men.  Has over 3000 students, a library of over 25,000 volumes and ranks amongst the best educational institutions in the country.
1914

New York - N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in Central Park facing 5th Avenue. The first permanent building centre of present group was occupied in 1880, additions were made in 1889 and 1894.  The East wing was added in 1901 at a cost of 2,000,000.  Was designed to cover 18 1/2 acres and cost 20,000,000.  Under the presidency of J. Pierpont Morgan it has become one of the richest museums in the world.
1914

New York - Public Library and Fifth Ave.

Public Library and Fifth Ave., New York.

Public Library located on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street.  Covers two entire city blocks, is built entirely of marble and cost nine million dollars.  Opened for public use May 23, 1911, and contains over two million volumes and is said to be the most complete library in the country.

This is postmarked in 1930, one year after the stock market crash.

New York - Williamsburg Bridge

Williamsburg Bridge, New York.

Illustrated Post Card Co, N.Y.
1906

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The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Long Island.

Construction on the bridge, the second to cross this river, began in 1896, and the bridge opened on December 19, 1903 at a cost of $12,000,000.


The Williamsburg Bridge appears in the following movies:
 Once Upon a Time in America, The Lost Weekend (1945), The Naked City (1948), Johnny Suede (1991), Scent of a Woman (1992), American Gangster (2007), Serpico (1973), the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, The French Connection (1971), and The Naked Brothers Band.

The bridge is also mentioned several times in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) by Betty Smith

New York - Brooklyn Bridge in 1907

Brooklyn Bridge
1907

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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretching 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Upon completion in 1883, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, the first steel-wire suspension bridge, and the first bridge to connect to Long Island.

First jumper:
The first person to jump from the bridge was Robert E. Odlum on May 19, 1885. He struck the water at an angle and died shortly thereafter from internal injuries.

New York - City Hall - Embossed

City Hall, N.Y. City
This is a monochrome embossed postcard.