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NYC skyline: See old photos of the cityscape through the years

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  • The New York City skyline, as seen from News Point, Queens, is dark during a blackout on July 13, 1977.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Neville
  • Rick Shalvoy, during his Row for a Cure voyage, passes by Manhattan on Aug. 17, 1997.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jessica Brandi Lifland
  • The New York City skyline, including lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge, as seen on July 19, 1992.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Bruce Gilbert
  • The Brooklyn Bridge, left, the Manhattan Bridge, right, and the Twin Towers are seen from Brooklyn on March 19, 1991.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Cummins
  • View of the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York City skyline as seen from Brooklyn on April 7, 1983.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Neville
  • A snowy New York City skyline with the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge in the foreground on Jan. 21, 1987.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / George Argeroplos
  • The lower Manhattan skyline on a partly cloudy day as seen from the Hudson River on June 6, 1991.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Bruce Gilbert
  • A couple spends time together looking at the New York City skyline from the Brooklyn waterfront on April 20, 1986.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / John Williams
  • Couples walking in Battery Park City on Jan. 23, 1989.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Cummins
  • The New York City skyline is seen in the background as workers remove scaffolding from around the torch of the Statue of Liberty on Dec. 17, 1985.
    Photo Credit: AFP / Getty Images / Paul Demaria
  • A cloudy day on the Hudson River with the Manhattan skyline missing the Twin Towers on Sept. 14, 2001, just days after the 9/11 terror attacks.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Mayita Mendez
  • The view of lower Manhattan as seen from a commercial airplane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, less than a month after the Twin Towers fell during the 9/11 terror attacks.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas

The New York City skyline is both iconic and ever-changing.

From the days of the early skyscrapers to the Twin Towers, and now, One World Trade Center, the city skyline has always captured the attention of tourists and New Yorkers alike.

Scroll down to see old photos of the New York City skyline.

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