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Lower Manhattan Frame Color:Silver was obsolete almost from theThis aerial image captures lower Manhattan when the tip of the island was scored with piers and dotted with old buildings. The area, however, was on the eve of evolution. "Much of lower Manhattan where New York was born and began the expansion that has made it the nation's largest and wealthiest city, will be dramatically transformed with projects now under construction or planned are completed," The Times wrote April 17, 1963. This photo was