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The Race to Build the Tallest Building New York City ~ 1930’s Providing work and opportunity during The Great Depression!

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1 The Race to Build the Tallest Building New York City ~ 1930’s Providing work and opportunity during The Great Depression!

2 The Great Depression Stock Market Crashes ~ 1929 Unemployment, Poverty, and Homelessness spreads across the country!

3 Unemployment

4 Poverty

5 Homelessness

6 http://video.answers.com/explore-the-history-behind-the-chrysler-building-517229538 Chrysler Building Tallest Building in the World 1930 -1931 and Manhattan Trust Building Tallest Building in the world 1930 (Trump Bldg.) http://www.history.com/videos/empire-state-building-defies-depression#empire-state-building-defies-depression Empire State Building Tallest building in the world 1931-1970 New York City Skyline 1929

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10 Bank of Manhattan Trust now…

11 Chrysler Building now…

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13 The Empire State Building now…

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15 View of the City from Empire State Building Observation Deck

16 Empire State Building remained the Tallest Building in the World until 1970

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