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Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction
African Burial Ground National Monument is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

1. African Burial Ground National Monument

8.5
290 Broadway, New York, NY
Monument · Downtown Manhattan · 22 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Steelwork completed in 1933 on the 39 story US Federal Court House at Foley Square, Reade and Center Streets. Looking from Duane and Broadway. View photo at the link! Read more.

Foley Square is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

2. Foley Square

7.9
148-152 Worth St (at Centre St), New York, NY
Park · Downtown Manhattan · 15 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Steelwork completed in 1933 on the 39 story US Federal Court House at Foley Square, Reade and Center Streets. Looking from Duane and Broadway. View photo at the link! Read more.

Atomic Wings is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

3. Atomic Wings

5.3
311 Broadway (at Thomas St.), New York, NY
Wings Joint · Tribeca · 26 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Steelwork completed in 1933 on the 39 story US Federal Court House at Foley Square, Reade and Center Streets. Looking from Duane and Broadway. View photo at the link! Read more.

NYCHA - Smith Houses is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

4. NYCHA - Smith Houses

80 Catherine St (btwn Catherine Slip & Cherry St.), New York, NY
Housing Development · Two Bridges · 6 tips and reviews
NYCHA - Smith Houses is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

5. NYCHA - Smith Houses

80 Catherine St (btwn Catherine Slip & Cherry St.), New York, NY
Housing Development · Two Bridges · 6 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Oak Street Police Station and the razed area that is to be site of Gov. Alfred E. Smith Housing Project on the Lower East Side circa 1948. View photo at the link! Read more.

Williamsburg Bridge is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

6. Williamsburg Bridge

Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn, NY
Bridge · 202 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: It's a long way down... Iron Workers Local 361 climbing the bridge for renovation in 1995, at the link! Read more.

High Line is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

7. High Line

9.5
btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Chelsea · 1495 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: After it was a railway but before it was a park the High Line was just an abandoned stretch, shown here in 1997 run down and overgrown, at the link! Read more.

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (Triborough Bridge) is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

8. Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (Triborough Bridge)

Interstate 278 - RFK Bridge (at East River), Astoria, NY
Bridge · 60 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: A workman waves perched on a girder above Ward's Island during the construction of the Triboro Bridge in 1935, at the link! Read more.

Prospect Park Zoo is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

9. Prospect Park Zoo

8.2
450 Flatbush Ave (at Ocean Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Zoo · Prospect Park · 84 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: A bird's-eye view of the Prospect Park Zoo under construction in June of 1935, at the link! Read more.

Battery Park City is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

10. Battery Park City

New York, NY
Neighborhood · 31 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1975 soil excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center is worked into a landfill for what will become Battery Park City and the Esplanade, at the link! Read more.

Battery Park City Esplanade is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

11. Battery Park City Esplanade

9.4
Battery Park City (From Chambers St to Battery Park), New York, NY
Park · Battery Park City · 52 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1975 soil excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center is worked into a landfill for what will become Battery Park City and the Esplanade, at the link! Read more.

Rockefeller Center is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

12. Rockefeller Center

9.2
Rockefeller Plaza (btwn W 49th & W 50th St), New York, NY
Plaza · Rockefeller Center · 846 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: It's Rockefeller Center like you've never seen it - completely excavated and under construction in 1932, at the link! Read more.

30 Rockefeller Plaza is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

13. 30 Rockefeller Plaza

30 Rockefeller Plz (at W 49th St), New York, NY
Structure · Rockefeller Center · 56 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Check out this shot of 30 Rockefeller under construction in 1932, at the link! Read more.

Knickerbocker Village is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

14. Knickerbocker Village

(at Catherine St.), New York, NY
Apartment or Condo · 7 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Check out the view from Catherine and Monroe of Knickerbocker Village being developed in 1933, at the link! Read more.

The Unisphere is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

15. The Unisphere

9.2
Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Ave of the States), Queens, NY
Monument · Flushing Meadows-Corona Park · 46 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: A crane lowers the final segment of the Unisphere into place in 1963, at the link! Read more.

Continental Army Plaza is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

16. Continental Army Plaza

7.4
Roebling St (at S 4th St), Brooklyn, NY
Park · Williamsburg · 6 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1937 construction workers dug up the ground behind George Washington to add a sunken garden! Click "More Info" to see this historic pic! Read more.

NYCHA - Williamsburg Houses is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

17. NYCHA - Williamsburg Houses

164 Ten Eyck St (at Maujer Street), Brooklyn, NY
Housing Development · East Williamsburg · 4 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Check out this great aerial shot of the Williamsburg Houses being constructed in 1937! Click "More Info" for this historic pic! Read more.

MTA Subway - 4th Ave/9th St (F/G/R) is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

18. MTA Subway - 4th Ave/9th St (F/G/R)

4th Ave (btwn 9th & 10th), Brooklyn, NY
Metro Station · 11 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Check out this pic of the subway first being built here in 1931! Read more.

19. 55 Sullivan Place

55 Sullivan Place (McKeever Pl), Brooklyn, NY
Structure · Crown Heights · 2 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Before these were apartments, this entire block was Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers! Click "More Info" for an amazing aerial shot of the field from 1951! Read more.

Worldwide Plaza is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

20. Worldwide Plaza

7.5
825 8th Ave (btwn W 49th & W 50th St), New York, NY
Plaza · Hell's Kitchen · 25 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Before it was demolished, the old Madison Square Garden was here since 1925. Click "More Info" to see a great shot of its closing night in 1968! Read more.

MTA Subway - Chambers St (A/C) is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

21. MTA Subway - Chambers St (A/C)

156 Church St (at Chambers St.), New York, NY
Metro Station · Tribeca · 5 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Check out this amazing picture of subway construction at Church and Warren from 1927! Read more.

Holland Tunnel is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

22. Holland Tunnel

5.0
Interstate 78, New York, NY
Tunnel · 176 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Tunnel commission members show off a model of the tunnel in 1924, at the link! Read more.

MTA Subway - 14th St (A/C/E/L) is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

23. MTA Subway - 14th St (A/C/E/L)

8th Ave (14th St), New York, NY
Metro Station · Chelsea · 37 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Mayor James J. Walker and board members drop down a shaft to inspect the new 8th Ave subway line in 1928, at the link! Read more.

MTA Subway - Fordham Rd (B/D) is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

24. MTA Subway - Fordham Rd (B/D)

Grand Concourse Blvd (btwn Fordham Rd & 188th St), Bronx, NY
Metro Station · West Bronx · 6 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: The Grand Concourse is nothing but a giant pit in this shot looking North from Fordham Rd during subway construction in 1929, at the link! Read more.

George Washington Bridge is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

25. George Washington Bridge

I-95 / US-1 / US-9 (at Hudson River), New York, NY
Bridge · 365 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Good luck crossing this: the GWB under construction in 1929 has no car deck, at the link! Read more.

George Washington Bridge Toll Plaza is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

26. George Washington Bridge Toll Plaza

Interstate 95 (NJ Turnpike), Fort Lee, NJ
Toll Plaza · 41 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1931, workers cast ballots to name the new Hudson River bridge (choosing George Washington, of course!), at the link! Read more.

Empire State Building is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

27. Empire State Building

9.1
350 5th Ave (btwn 33rd & 34th St), New York, NY
Structure · Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY · 1172 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Laying the cornerstone in 1930, at the link. Read more.

One World Trade Center is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

28. One World Trade Center

9.2
1 World Trade Ctr (btwn Fulton & West St), New York, NY
Structure · Financial District · 313 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Workers lower framework into place on the top levels of the first World Trade Center during construction in 1970, at the link. Read more.

Collect Pond Park is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

29. Collect Pond Park

5.5
Lafayette St (btwn Franklin & Leonard St), New York, NY
Park · Downtown Manhattan · 7 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Sidewalk superintendents watch construction of a new skyscraper on Lafayette and Leonard in 1971, at the link! Read more.

Highbridge Park is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

30. Highbridge Park

8.3
West 173 St (Amsterdam Ave), New York, NY
Park · Washington Heights · 15 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Construction of NYC Water Tunnel No. 3 began in 1970 and is expected to continue until 2020. Check out this pic of workers inside the tunnel in 1973, at the link! Read more.

Great Lawn is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

31. Great Lawn

9.3
79th & 86th St Transverse (btwn East & West Dr), New York, NY
Picnic Area · Central Park · 101 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Did you know the Great Lawn used to be underwater? In 1933 men work on finally filling in the dried bed of the old Lower Reservoir that was here, at the link! Read more.

Great Lawn Ball Field 7 is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

32. Great Lawn Ball Field 7

8.2
Central Park (Great Lawn), New York, NY
Baseball Field · Central Park · 8 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1933, after the old Lower Reservoir was finally filled in creating the Great Lawn, youngsters gather for the first unofficial baseball game, at the link! Read more.

Ebbetts Field is one of Raising and Razing: NYC Under Construction.

33. Ebbetts Field

1700 Bedford Ave (btwn Sullivan Pl. & Montgomery St), Brooklyn, NY
Structure · Crown Heights · 9 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Standing outside Ebbets Field around the turn of the century, at the link! Snap of pic of the nabe now and send your "new view" to @nydailynews on Twitter! Read more.