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How did New York City evolve through its skyline?

Here is a selection of images from the late 1800s to 2008, which highlights the city’s evolution through its skyline: New York City's skyline is as complex, diverse and changing as the population that inhabits its buildings day in and day out.

Does New York have a skyline?

For many years the city’s skyline was primarily defined by the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings, both over 1,000 feet tall and built in the early 1930s. But New York’s horizon has been in perpetual flux now for the better part of a decade.

When did New York City become a cosmopolitan city?

Transitioning from a more bare landscape in the 1910s to a cosmopolitan model for the rest of the world via the 1930s race for the tallest skyscraper to its devastating destruction of the Twin Towers in the 2001, Lower Manhattan’s ever-evolving skyline reveals much about New York City’s history.

Are New York City skyscrapers becoming more like Manhattan?

New supertall skyscrapers have risen along the southern edge of Central Park on Billionaires' Row. Parts of Brooklyn and Queens are also filling up with skyscrapers and starting to look more like Manhattan. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.