Construction of skyscrapers in New York City during the 1930s was in full swing, as evidenced by remarkable photographs taken in 1932 by Charles Clyde Ebbets that depicted the towering steel structures rising above the streets and surrounding buildings. The photos captured the dizzying heights reached by construction on the new buildings and the intricate steel frameworks that allowed them to stretch ever higher into the sky during a decade that saw New York transform its skyline.