{Madison Square Park and 1909 Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in New York City}

In my previous post about the Steel Framed Flatiron Building in New York City, I wrote that I will take you just across the street to see what is there...

Beautiful Madison Square Park and also the tall 1909 Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower!

Considering that those tall buildings are over a Century old, it is even more incredible.
This tall tower and building is located on Madison Ave and 24th Street.
The Flatiron Building is not visible but it is to the right of it...

Using the New York Public Library Digital Collection (see link below post) we can see the Flatiron Building (to the right of the center bare tree) and also the Madison Square Park with its Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in the 1911 photo at the top. 

In the 2015 photo below, you can see the Flatiron all the way to the right but the tower is being partly blocked out by the sun...

Another Library of Congress photo below, shows the entire building.

Metropolitan Life InsuranceBuilding, Madison Square, New York, N.Y. when it was the world's tallest building!

Madison Square Park is on the corner of Fifth Ave and E 26th Street.

Here a beautiful Oakleaf Hydrangea or Hydrangea Quercifolia. These flowers do turn from white into pink as they age.

New York City is full of beautiful parks; the lungs of the city!

Related link:

Street View, Then & Now: New York City's Fifth Avenue just click the hyperlink and than on Take me to 1911! and go 10 clicks to the south for finding the Flatiron image. Now click on cross the street to see image from above... via NYPL Digital Collections