Documentary about the geography of New York City. Slate indicates New York is the largest city in America. Its commercial supremacy is due to its fine harbor. A geographic map of New York, showing areas as Brooklyn, Manhattan, Lower Bay, Bronx and New Jersey. The bays and rivers in New York are shown. View of the Statue of Liberty. The waterfront of New York City as seen from a ship on the water. High rise buildings and early skyscrapers along the waterfront of Manhattan Island. Miles of docks at the New York City waterfront for ocean shipping.
Documentary about geography of New York. Slate indicates New York has the largest bridges in the world. Views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Cargo liners below the bridge and crossing the bridge. The Manhattan Bridge and skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York City behind is visible at a distance. Another bridge over river Hudson, under construction. A man and woman standing on a high observation platform of a skyscraper, looking over at the tower of Woolworth Building, the tallest skyscraper in America.
Documentary about geography of New York. The buildings of financial district of Lower Manhattan. Wall Street, the financial center of America. Crowd of people on busy Wall Street. U.S. National flags hang from the buildings. The skyscrapers not visible clearly till their top due to their height. Famous buildings along Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan.
Documentary about buildings of New York. The buildings and skyscrapers along lower Broadway. A dirigible airship floats overhead. The busy street with vehicles, streetcars and crowds of people walking. The New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States), built over a hundred years ago. The high-rise Manhattan Municipal Building (1 Centre St, New York, NY 10007, United States). The James A. Farley Building housing the United States Postal Service (421 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States) on Eighth Avenue. The Flatiron Building (175 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010, United States) stands on edge of busy crossroads.
Buildings of New York. Views of Fifth Avenue, the fashionable shopping street on lower Broadway. Roads and streets busy with traffic of cars, horse carts and pedestrians. The Public Library on Fifth Avenue at the Forty Second Street. The library cost of US $9,000,000 is one of the world's largest libraries.
New York Harbor in New York, United States. Buildings at the harbor. A lamp in the foreground. Skyscrapers of the city. Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty standing on Liberty Island. A boat moves in the foreground.