New York waterfront

February 15, 1950. "N.Y. Telephone Co. headquarters and the World-Telegram building, from a helicopter." With the Woolworth Building looming in the background:

[Photo: Shorpy/Al Ravenna for the New York World-Telegram & Sun]

Both buildings still stand. The N.Y. Telephone Co. headquarters became the Verizon Building. It was badly damaged by the collapse of the adjacent WTC towers on 9/11, but survived thanks to its thick-walled masonry construction.