EVB2947530: La Guardia Airport control tower, constructed in 1962. Designed by Wallace K. Harrison, its futuristic design would be at home with the Trylon and Perisphere he designed for the 1939 Worlds Fair. In 2010 it was replaced by a new tower with advanced electronics and better views of the runways. / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948520: Test pilot Paul King in a fur lined leather flying suit and oxygen mask before take off, Oct. 17, 1925. He will fly the NACA Vought VE-7,from Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA, was a Federal agency established in 1915, and was the predecessor of NASA, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948529: View of Midtown Manhattan from the 27th floor of 'River House', a prestigious apartment building. Dec. 15, 1931. At this time block near the East River were undesirable, with docks, meat processing plants, and the large Edison power plant. Photo by Samuel H. Gottscho, Gottscho, Samuel H. (1875-1971) / Bridgeman Images