photo by John M. Hyland
A view of Liberty 1 and 2 and the Mellon Bank Center from City Hall.
City Hall was trying to become the tallest structure in the
world when construction began in 1871. But because of slow
funding of the project by City Council, both the Eiffel
Tower and the Washington Monument were taller by the time
City Hall opened in 1901.
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