Fairchild Aerial Views

Aerial Views of New York City taken by Fairchild Aerial Surveys in the 1940s and early 1950s. 

Looking south with the Empire State Mooring Mast in the foreground

Downtown Skyscrapers

BQE Construction through Brooklyn Heights

Land cleared for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village

Stuyvesant town with Empire State Building in the background

Downtown Brooklyn after the demolition of the Fulton Street El

Lower East Side Public and Subsidized Housing

Williamsburg Bridge and Corlears Hook

Lower Manhattan Skyline

Barclay Vesey and Woolworth Buildings as seen from the over the Hudson

New development covering the Grand Central rail yards below Park Ave

Construction on the Alfred E. Smith Houses

Construction on the United Nations