An aerial view of downtown Albany, New York, with a view facing northwest. The Empire State Plaza is the commanding group of identical, high-rise buildings and the tallest building is the Corning Tower, named after the Albany mayor Erastus Corning II. All of these buildings are state office towers, designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz.

Date created

• Undated

Type

• Image

Creator

• University at Albany

Master Format

• TIF

Identifier

• nam_ua_390_pm_026899

Subject

• Corning, Erastus, 1909-1983
• Aerial views
• Empire State Plaza (Albany, N.Y.)
• Albany (N.Y.)
• University Archives Photographs
• Towers
• Cityscapes
• Abramovitz, Max, 1908-
• Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-

License

• Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

  

ITEM CONTEXT

Collection

University Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the University Archives