Beginning of a Skyscraper - 1902

The scene is an excavation site in New York City. A large group of workmen with picks and shovels are digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen emerging from the smoke in the background.

From a contemporary American Mutoscope and Biograph Company catalog: Starting a Skyscraper--New York--26 feet. Taken in the immense excavation for the foundation of the new Macy Building at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street, New York. An excellent study of modern American push and enterprise.

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[Narragansett55]

Yes, it's really the Macy's Building in Herald Square. It was built in 190102 by architects De Lemos & Cordes. It is sheathed in a Palladian façade, but has been updated in many details. Other additions to the west were added in 1924, 1928, and 1931, all designed by architect Robert D. Kohn. They are all in the Art Deco style. The building has been designated a National Historic Landmark. It has one of the few wooden escalators still in operation.

[icartoon2]

This is amazing! One can learn so much from just watching this. For example the way folk came together and worked. I bet the folk who now work in that building TOTALLY never think of the work that went into it's construction!

Is this really the Macy's Building?

[GaragyVlad]

lol