Municipal Building, NYC

Photo shows the Municipal Building in New York City, 1913 (year the building began to be occupied) by Bain News Service. The building was fully completed in 1917. Source: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

The Manhattan Municipal Building is 40 stories tall, and was built between 1909 and 1917 to accommodate increased needs for office space in Manhattan. The building is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world, and houses 13 municipal agencies of New York City in the Civic Center.