1902

By the turn of the century the lower Manhattan skyline had filled in and grown much taller. The majority of high-rise construction began after 1890, when the New York World Building reached 309ft. A spate of new towers followed from 1893. By 1900 there were 252 structures 10 storeys or higher. The tallest of these was the Park Row Building at 391ft. Courtesy of the Skyscraper Museum