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View northeast across Bryant Park, designed by architect Thomas Hastings, New York, New York, 1940s. In the center, bordering on the park, is the New York Public Library, designed by Carr?re and Hastings and completed in 1911. Visible skyscrapers include, from left, 500 Fifth Avenue (1931, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon), the Chrysler Building (1930, William Van Alen) (partly obscured at center, with spire), the Lincoln Bulding (1930, J.E.R. Carpenter) (obscuring the Chrsyler), the Chanin Building (1929, Sloan & Robertson), Lefcourt Colonial Building (1929, Charles F. Moyer Company, the American Radiator Building (later known as the American Standard Building) 1924, Hood & Fouilhoux) (the black and white exterior), and 10 East 40th Street (at extreme right) (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)