![The Staten Island Ferry is arriving as Manhattan’s classic skyline is seen from the south c 1963](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/29b28669370efd74ec472d3485f58212/elements/96212f61ff00fa209cb72fbcf4a4bac1/xl/88cfe593-9b9e-4892-84da-f1fcae6a8d28_2x.jpeg)
![A close view of lower Manhattan’s financial district looking north in 1963. Only a few post-war buildings have been constructed in the financial district.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/40b865b03a1c7ab287c383b50ab2d573/elements/4b9d7323e550ae659f6f228d9f022e3e/xl/8a623740-3b87-432d-a106-75a96157a3c1_2x.jpg)
![Looking northwest, change has begun as several boxy buildings are under construction near South Street and the FDR Drive as seen directly behind the Staten Island Ferry terminal (1965).](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/1983734bd6649f43d2a9e505cf56cd66/elements/245dba704bcdf934f2b4077a767a605b/xl/cf6ae1bb-b966-4ba7-b95b-f9301c8ec33d_2x.jpg)
![Looking south in 1964 towards the financial district.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/5510d34d3924990aa34b58653e56bb15/elements/302c045aa516ffc978e8b8b1aaaf7496/xl/a0acf9a0-c77c-49ac-a901-7fd4df054b6f_2x.jpg)
![Looking south the tower of the original Metropolitan Life Insurance Building is on the left at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/8c630269a912907bdb6c682273ac0591/elements/88640fdb9e6ad1fae22d7f3d8a784948/xl/26dd2f6e-559f-4ec6-b198-074d92840dd3_2x.jpg)
![Turning the view north, the white skyscrapers in the foreground are the Metropolitan Life Building and New York Life Insurance Buildings.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/8cc3e51c889b7eb6dd8a278f215ea156/elements/615cea6d1323466fe28c3b412e031efd/xl/1ffd6df8-1dfd-4ef9-8f95-e3241223cdf4_2x.jpg)
![Looking northeast the large low profile art deco building occupying the entire block between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and 15th and 16th Streets](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/8c4d3fc50e66a45de35efc28775e2aeb/elements/7ad59a15c5b847521d3d37a7f4341868/xl/5bee802c-17a0-4296-b1a3-a1bd2d2e47bf_2x.jpg)
![Looking west in 1965 you can see that nothing challenges the Empire State Building in terms of dominance of height](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/6b2d4d65f0a39ae683b524e4486b53a2/elements/3e846665af7d5fd5c7e614e5a12408ed/xl/a7312a49-5413-47d6-b8f8-568f6dc91858_2x.jpg)
![Looking west The United Nations Building on the edge of the East River is in the center.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/a07ffb0c3ad8b08f0f67442980105826/elements/ca06004445579c74f5e66064ed8434fa/xl/2a87a3ec-6031-482a-b906-e83c413843be_2x.jpg)
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The New York City Skyline is ever-changing. Compare the Manhattan skyline in these fantastic color aerial photographs captured in the 1960s with the skyline of today and you will see a world of difference.
Check out the accompanying article for more info on any of the photos.
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