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Manhattan Municipal Building and Civic Fame from Woolworth Tower (1927)

An elevated perspective looking directly at the colonnaded tower and gilded Civic Fame statue of the Manhattan Municipal Building above Park Row terminal. — Manhattan Municipal Building and Civic Fame from Woolworth Tower (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

The geometric grandeur of the Manhattan Municipal Building viewed from the sky-high Woolworth Building. Hall applied his precise technical eye to document McKim, Mead & White's civic masterpiece during his June 1927 visit.