19th Century Architecture

RM Hunt: N.Y. Tribune Building, 1873-75	RM Hunt: N.Y. Tribune Building, 1873-75	RM Hunt: N.Y. Tribune Building, 1873-75
GB Post: N.Y. World Building, 1890.  309' ht.	GB Post: N.Y. World Building, 1890.  309' ht.	GB Post: N.Y. World Building, 1890.  309' ht.
"Newspaper Row" New York	G.B. Post: Produce  Exchange Building, 1881-84.  10 stories, + tower.	McKim, Mead and White: Madison  Square Garden, NY, 1889-90.  demolished. Tower 304'
RH Robertson: Park Row  Building New York, 1899. 391' ht.	RH Robertson: Park Row  Building New York, 1899. 391' ht.
C. Berg and E.H. Clark: Gillender  Building, NYC, 1896-97. (demolished) 273' ht.	C. Berg and E.H. Clark: Gillender  Building, NYC, 1896-97. (demolished) 273' ht.
New York Skyscrapers

1. New York Tribune Building, New York, 1873-5. Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
2. New York Tribune Building, New York, 1873-5. Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
3. New York Tribune Building, New York, 1873-5. Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
4. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect.
5. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect.
6. New York World Building, New York, 1889-90. George B. Post, architect.
7. "Newspaper Row" New York World Building, 189 .(left) George B. Post, architect./ New York Tribune Building, New York, 187. (center) Richard Morris Hunt, architect.
8. Madison Square Garden, New York, 1889-90.  McKim, Mead & White, architects.
9. Park Row Building, 1896-99, R.H. Robertston, architect.
10. Park Row Building, 1896-99, R.H. Robertston, architect.
11. Gillender Building, NYC, 1896-97. (demolished) Charles Berg and Edward H. Clark, architects.  273' ht. from a postcard.

Sullivan and Adler: Auditorium  Building, Chicago, 1887-89

Sullivan and Adler:Guaranty  Building, Buffalo, 1894.

Other Chicago School Skyscrapers
 
 

WLB Jenney: 2nd Leiter  Building, Chicago, 1891	Holabird & Roche: Tacoma  Building (center), Chicago,  1887-89.  Demolished.	W.W. Boyington: Columbus  Memorial Building, Chicago,  1891
Burnham and Root: Monadnock  Building, Chicago, 1889
Burnham and Root: Ashland  Block, Chicago, 1891-92.  Demolished.	Burnham and Root: Masonic  Temple, Chicago, 1891-92.  Demolished.
Burnham and Root: Reliance  Building, Chicago, 1894.	Burnham and Root: Reliance  Building, Chicago, 1894
Burnham and Root: Reliance  Building, Chicago, 1894.  1999 photo.	Burnham and Root: Reliance  Building, Chicago, 1894.  1999 photo.
DH Burnham: Railway  Exchange, Chicago, 1904.

1. 2nd Leiter Building, Chicago, 1891. William LeBaron Jenney, architect. From an old postcard.
2. Monadnock Building, Chicago, IL. 1889. Burnham & Root, architects. From an old postcard.
3. Reliance Building, Chicago, IL. 1894. Burnham & Root, with Charles Atwood, architects. From an old postcard.
4. Railway Exchange Building, Chicago, IL. 1904. DanielBurnham, architect. From an old postcard.

Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge: Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93.	Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge: Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93.	C. Blackall: Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893.	C. Blackall: Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893
Early Skyscrapers in Boston

1. Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93. Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge, architects. Bearing wall construction.
2. Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93. Detail. Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge, architects. Bearing wall construction.
3. Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893. Clarence Blackall, architect. First steel frame skyscraper in Boston.
4. Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893. Clarence Blackall, architect. First steel frame skyscraper in Boston.

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